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OKKICERS; 
J. W. IVlcKINLEY, LL. M., President and Manager. 
D. OLIN LEECH, H. D., Vice-President. 
J. S. JOHNSON. A. n., Ph. D., Secretary. 
nORRIS BIEN, Ph. B., Treasurer. 



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and Capital Tru8t Co. of this city. 



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Book-keeping and Business; 
Shorthand and Typewriting; 
Civil Service Examinations; 
Engineering ; 
Journalism ; 
Science. 



CONSIDER THIS : Vou can take a complete course in any of the above departments at your home for one-fourth what it would cost you 
to go to a college, and at the same time continue your present employment. 



OUR GUARANTEE— KlVE YEARS OK SUCCESS. 

communications for all Departments should be addressed to THE NATIONAL CORBESPONDENCE INSTITUTE, 
Second National Baiik Building, Wa sliington, D. C. 

(Copyright, 1808, by the National Correspondence Institute. All rights reserved.) 



National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C. 



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J. w. Mckinley, ll. m. 

President and Manager. 



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BALL,, CHARLES B., Fh. B. (Sheffield Scientiflc School, Yale University). 
Member American Society Civil Engineers ; formerly Asst. Examiner U. S. 
Patent Of&ce, Division of Hydraulics. 

BIEN, MOKKIS, Ph. B. (University of California). Formerly Topographer 

U. S. Geological Survey. 

BLISS, LOUIS I) , President Bliss School of Electricity, Washington, D. C. 

BKOWNE, C. W. H., B. M. E. (University of Maine). Formerly Draftsman 

U. S. Geological Survey and Tenth Census. 
COLEMAN, WILLIAM MACON, A. M. (University of North Carolina). 
COOPE, HAKKY, M. Acct., (Eastman National Business College, Pough- 

keepsie, New York.) 
DONN, EDWARD W., Jr., B. S. (Mass. Institute of Technology). Secretary 

Washington Chapter, Am. Inst. Architects. 
FARWELL, ELMER S., C. E. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), M. S. 

(Columbian University). Formerly Mechanical Engineer with Illinois 

Steel Co., Chicago, 111. 



B., A. M. (Western Maryland College), LL. B. 
Member of Washington Bar and Bar of Supreme 



GIES, EDWARD L., A. 

(National University). 
Court of United States. 

HINSDALE, T. B., C. E. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). Formerly Asst. 
Chief Engineer Fort Worth & Eio Grande By. ; Chief Engineer Rook Creek 
Ey., District of Columbia ; and Engineer in charge Maintenance and Way 
Eastern Division Wabash R. E. Co. 



JOHNSON, J. S., B. S., A. M., Ph. D. (Columbian University). Formerly 
Member of Faculty of Columbian University. 

JUDSON, CARROLL D., LL, B. (National Universitj'). Member of Wash- 
ington Bar and formerly Special Examiner U. S. Pension Office. 

•LEECH, D. OLIN, M. D. (CoUimbian University). Member of Faculty of 
Medical Department of the National University. 

LONG, E. McL., C. E. (University of Virginia). Consulting and Inspecting 
Engineer on Structural Work, Steel Inspector U. S. Navy. Formerly As- 
sistant Professor of Civil Engineering Columbian University. 

McFARLAND, W. A., .1/. E. (Lehigh University). Member American So- 
ciety of Mechanical Engineers. Formerly Resident and U. S Ass't Engineer 
Muscle Shoals Canal, Alabama. 

MENAUGH, WALTER L., Expert Printer and Proof-reader of twenty years' 
experience in the largest newspaper, book and miscellaneous printing 
offices. 

ROBINSON, C. B.1.RNWEI.L, V. S., Dean of United States College of Vet- 
erinary Surgeons. 

SCHWARTZ, GEO. W., Author of " Office Routine and Bookkeeping," 
bookkeeper, expert accountant and teacher of wide experience. 

THOMPSON, GEO. G., Instructor in Pitman systems of Stenography. Ex- 
pert reporter, convention, court and Government work. 

WEST, HENRY LITCHFIELD, Formerly Managing Editor Washington Poel. 



Department of Engineering. 



What They Think of Us at Home. 

Concspojideuce education is a Held tliat is being rapidly filled. All educational 
branches are being as successfully taught by mail as in the colleges. To many 
this may be news, but it is not an experiment, as it has been in existence in 
this country (or the pist twenty years. Our city, which we proudly call the 
political and educational center of the Nation, has not been behind in this, as 
the National Correspondence Institute, with its corps of specialists, has been 
furnishing to the homes of the young men and women instruction which they 
possibly could never have obtained m any other way.— The Star, Washinc- 
ton, DC. J J . b 

The National Correspoudence Institute of this city offers a striking e.\;ample of 
what is being done by correspondence iu an educational line. A few years ago 
such a thing was almost unheard of, although it had its origin in this country in 
1873. At first it was confined to courses of reading, and no attempt was made to 
give iustructiou. Of recent years correspondence schools of law, languages, 
sciences, business, shorthand, and in fact, the teaching of all subjects of an edu- 
cational nature, has met with Qattering results, and thousands of young men 
and women have received an education at home that otherwise would have 
been beyond their reach.— The Post, Washington, U. C. 

The Nationnl Correspondence Institute of this city is one of the best in the 
country. The instructors ate all specialists in their respective branches and of 
high standing iu educational circles —The Capital, Washington, D. C. 

The National Correspojidence Institute of this city is meeting with deserved 
success. Ably managed, and conscientiously conducted by a faculty uf our best 
educators, it is in the front rank of correspondence schools. * * « —National 
Democrat, Washinj;ton, D. C. 

The National Correspondence Institute of this city is one of the best correspon- 
dence schools in the country. It is managed and operated by a corps of our best 
educators and citizens. * * » — Republic, Washington, D. C. 

* * * This is a high-class school on the correspondence plan located in our 
city, and the men connected with it are of high standing in educational circles 
The Institute is thoroughly reliable and has met with deserved success —Fourth- 
Class Postmaster, Washhigtuu, D. C. 

* * * This institution has, by five years successful work, established a repu- 
tation for stability, honesty and fair dealing, and we take pleasure in recom- 
mending the lustilute to our readers.- National Tribune, Washington, D. C. 

* * « The National Correspondence Institute is a regular incorporated com- 
pany. It has been doing business for live years, which is a sufficient guaranty 
of its standing and reliauility.— National liimetallist, Washington, D. C. 

* * • After a careful investigatio.. of the business methods of the National 
Correspondence Institute and mode of teaching, the Inventive Age is pleased to 
announce that we are satisfied that this school is in every way thoroughly reli- 
able.— Inventive Age, Washington, D. C. 



The Religious Press. 

• • • This is a reliable concern.— Christian Work, New York City. 

« * » ].'or five years the National Correspondence Institute, Washington , 
D. C, has been before the public and made for itself a high character for square 
and honest dealings with its correspondents.— Epivortli Herald, Chieaieo, 
111., and New York City. 

The National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C, has won fairly by 
honest work the reputation it now enjoys as one of the established and reliable 
institutions of ttie country.- Christian Endeavor World (formerly Golden 
Rule), Boston, Mass., and Chicago, 111. 



This Institute now issues a verv handsome Announcement containing 
.,„ki„ :„<■ .!_., '-*-=-, Chicago, 111. 



much valuable information.— Interi 



* * * Is justly entitled to its widespread reputation and success in edueat- 
ing.— Baptist Union, Chicago, 111. 

* • * It has been truthfully stated that "confidence is a plant of slow 
growth." The National Correspondence Institute. Washington. D. C, has made 
this growth, and now ranks among the best in the country for trustworthiness 
and reliability —Advance, Chicago, 111. 

* * * We can recommend the National Correspondence Institute. Washing- 
ton, D. C, as being thoroughly reliable in every respect and entitled to public 
confidence -Ram's Horn, Chicago, III. 

The National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C, justly takes the 
front rank among institutions of the kind, whether we consider its high char- 
acter for reliability, its able corps of instructors in its various departments, or 
the succes.«lul work it has performed during its five years of activity.— Examiner, 
New York City. 

Much has been said about extending the sphere of higher education by means 
of correspondence. It has the endorsement of the best educators and has been 
found to work admirably in practice. The representative of the "Inland" 
while in Washington on a recent visit, called at one of these institutions, the 
National Correspondence Institute. * * * He found this Institute thoroughly 
reliable, endorsed by the most trustworthy and intelligent people, doing a lare'e 
and legitimate business, working on scientific and systematic lines, and giving 
entire satisfaction to all its patrons. "■ « * —Inland, St. touis. Mo. 

* * * Is unique in its scope and very satisfactory to its clients.— New York 
Freeman's Journal, New York City, 

Stands in the first class for ability, industry, progressive methods, success and 
reliability.— Congrestational Woi-k. Philadelphia, Pa. ; Boston, Mass. : 
Chicago, III., and New York City. 

Its students by the thousands from Maine to California, and the reputation it 
has acquired for substantial work and honest methods, have established it as one 
of the permanent institutions of the country.— Assembly Herald, Rochester, 
New York. 



National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C. 



The Educational Press. 

Has proved its claim to be able to teach sucoessfullj' by the correspondence 
plan by tbe actual work which it has successfully performed. It numbers 
students in every State in the Union and its enrollment list is steadily increas- 
ing.— Public School Journal, Blooming on, 111. 

The reliable character it has fairly won, both at home and throughout the en- 
tire country, the fiithful and efiScientwork it has performed, its financial respon- 
sibility, and the manner in which it has availed itself of all that is valuable in 
new methods of education since it began its career, entitle it lo the confidence 
of the public— Western School Journal, Topeka, Kans. 

The character of tbe institution is established on a high grade.— Normal In- 
itructor, Dansville, N. Y. 

' * * The National Correspondence Institute, Washington D. C, has been 
Incorporated and in successful operation for five years, and has demonstrated Us 
high character and usefulness by the first-class work which it has done.— 
Toaclier'B Institute, New York City. 

* « * It is noted for its honorable dealings and straightforward methods.— 
American School and College Journal, St. Louis, Mo. 

* * * Is thoroughly reliable and has met with marked success.— American 
Journal of Education, St. Louis, Mo. 

» * * There is no better correspondence school in the country.- Popular 
Educator, Boston, Mass. 

* * * Its instructors stand high in educational circles.— American School 
Board Journal, Milwaukee, Wis. 

* * * Its in.structors are gentlemen of high attainments.— Teacher's 
World, New York City. 

* * * An institution commended bv letters from thousands of its pupils in 
every part of the United States, endorsed bv banks and business men, conducted 
by scholars and scientists and in successful operation for five years, is to be de- 
pended upon. Such is the National Correspondence Institute, VVashmgton, D. 
C —Bookkeeper, Detroit, Mich. 

* * * Has already reached a degree of efficiency rarely attained under a 
decade —National Stenographer, Chicago, 111. 

* * * It is incorporated the same as the leading universities of the country. 
— Journal of Education, Boston, Mass. 

* * * Is worthy of every confidence.- American Teacher, Boston, 



Miscellaneous Press Notices. 



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Its methods are the result of 
long experience and careful 
ludgment in training its pupils. 
— N. Y. Ledger, New Y^ork 
City. 

» « * The National Corre- 
spondence Institute. Washing- 
tm, D. C, is a well established, 
efficient and reliable institution 
for giving instruction by mail, 
not only in tbe scholastic 
branches, but also in sciences 
as applied to some of the useful 
arts.— Comfort, Augusta, Me. 

* * * A "Record" repre- 
sentative personally visited the 
Institute, which occupies two 
commodious floors in the Second 
National Bank building, to ascer- 
tain the scope and extent of its 
work and the satisfaction it is 
giving. Mr. J. W. McKinley, 
the manager, is a cultured gen- 
tleman, who stands high in the 
esteem of the leading citizens of 
the National Capital. He af- 
forded the writer every facility to fully mform himself on the object of his 
visit. — Evening Record, Allegheny, Pa. 

The Institute is conducted by a combination of specialists.— Scientific Amer- 
ican, New York City. 

* * * This young but already famous University of Toilers is surely and 
purposely practical. It does not concern itself with sculpture or painting, with 
theology or metaphysics, or with anything that might be classified as ornamental 
rather than utilitarian. Its seven departments are devoted to such eminently 
businesslike branches as Bookkeeping and Business, Shorthand and Typewriting 
Science. Journalism, Engineering, Drafting and Civil Service ExammaUons— all 
under the direction of specialists whose names are guarantees.— Baiiway 
Agent and Station Agent, Cleveland, Ohio. 

* * * This National Correspondence Institute occupies a peculiar field and 
in its way has been eminently successful. The management of it is thoroughly 
reUable. * * * —Irish World, New York City. 

* * » It employs the latest up-to-date forms and may be relied upon.— In- 
land Printer, Chicago, 111. 




Department of Engineering* 



This Announcement is devoted to the interests of the 

Department of Engineering, 

Priucipal. 



T'.&.CTTXjT-Z'. 



CHARLES B. BALL, Ph. B., (Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University). 
Member American Society Civil Engineers; formerly Asst. Examiner, 
U. S. Patent OfEce. Division of Hydraulics. 

MORRIS BIEN, Ph. B., (University of California). Formerly Topographer, 
U. S. Geological Survey. 

LOUIS D. BLISS. President Bliss School of Electricity, Washington, D. C. 



e). Formerly Draftsman, 



C. W. H. BROWNE, B. iVI. E., (University of Mail 
ir. S, Geological Survey and Tenth Census. 

EDWARD W. DONN, Jr., B. S., (Mass. Institute of Technology), Secretary 
Washington Chapter, Am. Inst. Architects. 

ELMER S. FARWELL, C. E., (Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.) ; M. S. (Columbian 
University, Washington, D. C.) ; formerly Mechanical Kugineer with 
Illinois Steel Co., Chicago, 111. 

T. R. HINSDALE, C. E., (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). Formerly Asst. 
Chief Engineer, Fort Worth & Rio Grande Ry. ; Chief Engineer Rock 
Creek Ry,. District of Columbia ; and Engiueer-in-Charge, Maintenance 
and Way, Eastern Division Wabash R. R. Co. 

E. McL. LONG, C. E., (University of Virginia). Consulting and Inspecting 
Engineer on Structural Work ; Steel Inspector, U. S. Nai'y ; formerly Asst. 
Professor of Civil Engineering, Columbian University, Washington, D.C. 

W. A. McPARLAND, M. E., (tehigh University). Member American Society 
of Mechanical Engineers ; formerly Resident and U. S. Asst. Engineer, 
Muscle Shoals Canal, Alabama, 



National Correspondence Institute, 

IINCIIRI'OR.ATED.I 

Department of Engineering. 



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COURSES IN 



7. Surveying and Mapping. 

2. Higlier Surveying 

3. Railroad Engineering. 

4. Electrical Engineering. 

5. Structural Engineering. 

6. Hydraulic Engineering. 

7. Sanitary Engineering. 

8. Municipal Engineering. 
9 Mechanical Engineering. 

10. Steam Engineering. 



11. Practical Steam Engineering. 

12. Arcfiitecture. 

13. Architectural Drawing and 

Designing. 

14. Architectural Drawing. 

15. Complete Mechanical and Topo- 

graphical Drawing. 

16. Mechanical Drawing. 

17. Higher Mathematics. 

18. Advanced Mechanics. 



THOROUGH PREPARATrON AT YOUR OWN HOME 
OUTSIDE YOUR WORKING HOURS, 

For a suooossliil career in any of the nnnierons 
branches of Engineering-. 



National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C. 




Hig^^- 



HE QUALIFICATIONS 

For Enrollment : 

The ability to read and write English. 
For Successful Study : 

The desire to learn. 



WE DO THE KEST by methods that have proved so 
successful with the thousands who have already had the 
advantages of the instruction of the National Correspondence Insti- 
tute, and have gratefully testified to the benefits they have re- 
ceived from our careful and judicious instruction. 

ARE YOU SATISFIED with your present place ? Would 
not a knowledge of the principles governing the operations 
that form your daily work open a way for your future advancement ? 
You must see plainly that many places of responsibility are beyond 
your reach merely because you have not had the chance to get the 
education in scientific and technical matters which those who 
occupy such places have had. And yet there is very often no dif- 
ference in natural ability ; in fact, it sometimes happens that the 
subordinate is the superior in natural gifts, }'et he finds the lack 
of scientific education a very wall that prevents him from passing 
on to the higher places. 



'E UNDERTAKE TO BEMOVE THAT BAK- 

KIEK and will educate you, if you are willing to study, 
so that this lack of knowledge will not prevent your progress to 
the highest places that your ability and your industry can carry you. 

OUR METHODS are simple and failure is practically im- 
possible if the student will do his share in careful and 
honest work. We send him lectures and questions in clear, simple 
language, accompanied by illustrations and drawings whenever 
they are necessary to explain the work. The course proceeds 
gradually, step by step, from the simplest beginnings of Arithmetic 
to the various technical subjects of each branch. The student is 
kept supplied with lectures and questions in advance of the work 
on which he is engaged, to be taken up when he has sent us the 
answers to the questions on the last lecture he has learned. While 
we examine his answers, he is engaged upon the work nest in 
order, which has been previously sent to him. If his answers are 
satisfactory they are returned to him with the lecture and ques- 
tions next in order to those on which he has meanwhile been 
engaged. We comment on his work and point out the matters 
requiring further attention. If his work is not satisfactory, the 
faults are pointed out, and complete careful explanations and sug- 
gestions are given so that the difficulties may be mastered. In 
such cases new work is not sent until that which is in hand has 
been thoroughly learned. If the student finds any difficulty in 
the lectures or questions which he is unable to overcome without 
assistance, we urge him particularly to submit the trouble to us, 
and we take great pains to explain the matter, so as to clear away 
his doubts and difficulties. This we do most cheerfully, for we 
propose to laave no weak points behind us in our progress with 
the student. 



Department of Engineering. 



Each student is thus A CLASS BY HIMSELF. All expla- 
nations are directed toward his own ilillii-ultifs, and his time is not 
taken up in discussing matters which he lully understands, in 
order to help some otlier student, as must always be the case in 
class-work. He begins the course whenever it suits him ; he goes 
through it just as fast as he learns it and no faster. He may finish 
in less time tlian the averaije, or be may take three times as long. 
We willingly continue the instrueti«>n until he has 
learned the whole course. 

The student's work is always ready for him. If he has a few 
minutes he can sit down to it in his own room, or he can study 




while travelling. In the early morning or late at night, at every 
minute of the day, his instructor is at his elbow ready to take up 
the lesson. The hours and sessions of the class, the length of the 
terms and the vacations all suit themselves to the student's own 
necessities. His course of instruction proceeds with exactly the 
speed that he learns it. He will be surprised to find how much 
can be accomplished by using every minute of his spare time. He 
will soon come to value most highly the many ten minutes of 
waiting when nothing else can be done. 

A GENERAL, EDUCATION is an incidental part of the 
course, for we note the student's faults in spelling, punctu- 
ation, writing, and use of the English language. No student can 
complete our course without improvement in his use of lan- 
guage and great additions to his general knowledge. 

Very often a man, anxious to improve himself, will take up some 
book upon his daily work. He finds its pages bristling with strange 
combinations of letters and unfamiliar signs, and soon gives up in 
despair. We start every student at the very beginning, with or- 
dinary arithmetic, and in a surprisingly short time those meaning- 
lees signs become to him as clear and simple as a child's primer. 

No one is too old, no one is too slow, if he is willing to give his 
spare time and do earnest work with the course, to acquire a thor- 
ough working knowledge of the profession which he is studying 
under our care. 

Our courses are intended to give to those who cannot spare the 
time and money necessary for a college course, and who are willing 
to work for it, a practical knowledge of a profession, and such thor- 
ough acquaintance with its scientific principles that he will be 
prepared to make his way in it, as well as any other person of 
equal ability and industry. In short, to hring- the College 
rig-ht into his very home. 



National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C 



There are many professions in which a workingman, familiar 
with its practical operations will, with the aid of our course, find 
himself better equipped for advance than many a college graduate. 
The man who has worked at the construction of bi'idges, or is an 
expert in the practical operation of a steam engine, after complet- 
ing our course in structural engineering, or steam engineering, will 
be the possessor of a woi'king knowledge that would be the envy 
of many men highly educated in the theory, but with little knowl- 
edge of the practical features of his profession. Even where the 
student is not engaged in work connected with his course our in- 
striiction qualifies him for the work of his profession. 

This valuable eciuipmeut for the student's life-work 

can l)e aciinived at SMALL EXPENSE and without in- 

terfei'ing' with the student's 

dailjf work. The course costs less 

V, 1 than is required to purchase the 

f.' ' text-books in a college course, for 

no text-book is needed in studying 

by our methods. Our lectures and 

I questions, furnished without extra 

^ charge, constitute thorough text- 

»T books in every branch. 



To put it entirely within the reach 
of any one who really desires to im- 
prove himself, the National Corre- 
spondence Institute will receive the 
instruction fee in monthly install- 
ments of §2 or 1-5 each at a slight 
advance on the cash price. 




COUKSES. 



sueveyikg and mapping.. 

Stteveying, Mapping and High- 
er Surveying 

Railroad Engineering 

Electrical Engineering 

Stkuctural Engineering 

H YDK A uLic Engineering 

Sanitary Engineering 

Municipal Engineering 

Mechanical-Engineering 

Steam Engineering 

Pkactical Steam Engineering... 

Architecture 

Architectural Drawing and 
Designing 

Ahchitectukal Drawing . 

Complete Mechanical and To- 
pographic Drawing 

Mechanical Drawing 

HiGHEE Mathematics 

Advanced Mechanics 



Cash 


Install- 


Install- 


in 


ments $5 


ments $2 


advance. 

125 


per month. 


per month. 

134 


$30 


50 


55 


60 


40 


45 


50 


35 


40 


44 


40 


45 


50 


50 


55 


60 


50 


55 


60 


50 


55 


60 


35 


40 


44 


35 


40 


44 


20 


24 


28 


50 


55 


60 


35 


40 


44 


25 


30 


34 


30 


35 


39 


25 


30 


34 


50 


55 


60 


50 


55 


60 1 



The cost of instruction is so low that anyone who 
earnestly desires to do the work will And it possible 
to take a course. WE ARE WILLING TO HELP, 
IF YOU WILL CONSCIENTIOUSLY DO YOUB 
PART. 

A description of each course separately is given in 
the Second Part of this book. There will be found the 
various subjects taught, and other matters of value to those 
considering the advisability of taking a course of study. 



Department of Engineering. 



In addition to the cost of instruction, as given in the preceding 
table, the expense to the student comprises only three items ; Cost 
of paper, postage on matter which he sends to us (we prepay post- 
age on all matter sent from the Institute), and the materials and 
instruments required in the work in drawing. 

Cost of paper cannot be accurately stated, but it will average $2 
to 13 for the course. Postage will average from $2 to $3 for the 
course. Cost of drawing instruments and materials will be from 
$8 to $12. Paper, drawing instruments, and material will be fur" 
nished by the Institute at reasonable prices if desired. 

Envelopes and necessary b'anks are furnished by the Institute 
without charge. 

If the student, when making his ai)plication is proficient in the 
preliminary subjects of a course, he will, after passing the exanii. 
nations necessary to satisfy us of the fact, be permitted to take up the 
more advanced subjects. But no deduction can be made on this 
account, as tliere is no saving ofany consequence to us. Seepage 13. 

Failure to pay any installment when due, will interrupt the in- 
struction of the student, unless satisfactory arrangements have 
been made in advance, but as soon as he has paid up his arrears 
he will be permitted to continue, and we will carry on the instruc- 
tion until he has properh' completed the course. 

If from sickness or other reasonable cause the student is com- 
pelled to cease work on his course for a time, he will, upon stating 
his case to the Institute, be permitted to suspend work until such 
time as he is able to take it up again. 

MoNEV PAID FOR IXSTRUCTION WILL NOT BE REFUNDED IN ANY CASE, 

as we stand ready to carry out our part of the agreement and furnish 
the instruction. But the student may transfer his right to instruc- 
tion to another person on the payment of a fee of ^l if the latter is 
capable of continuing from the point where the former left off. 



But if it is found necessary to review any part of the work with 
the new student, a moderate charge will be made for such extra in- 
struction. 



OUR INSTRUCTORS are all experts in the branches they 
teach ; they have all had extensive experience in their lines 
of instruction and are familiar with all the practical and theoreti- 
cal features of the courses they conduct. Examine the list on page 
5 and you will see that they have all occupied responsible positions 
in one branch or another of Engi- 
neering Work. They are prepared 
to aid you in acquiring the subjects / 

by every efibrt in their power, and 
with all the resources of a complete 
acquaintance with the principles 
and practice of the professions you 
are trying to learn. We want every 
student when he has finished his 
course to be thoroughly taught in 
the branches he has taken. For 
that will do us more good than to 
turn out twi(« as many who are but 
half-instructed. 

We rely upon the results 
of the iiistriiction we give 
our stiideiits tor our most 
effective atlvertiseineiit. 

At the end of the work a thorough 
examination must be passed to obtain the Certificate which is 
awarded for proficiency in the course which has been pursued. 




National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C. 



DEGREES. 

The National Correspondence Institute is authorized by law to 
confer degrees upon its graduates. The degrees of Civil Engineer 
(0. E.), Mechanical Engineer (Mech. E.), Electrical Engineer 
(E. E.), and Bachelor of Philosophy (Ph. B.) will be conferred 
upon students who have taken the necessary courses in this Insti- 
tute, as below, and passed the required examinations. 

For the degree of CIVIL ENGINEER (C. E.) the following courses 
must be completed : 

Surveying, Mapping, Higher Surveying, Higher Mathematics, 
Railroad Engineering, and Structural Engineering. 

For the degree of MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Mech. E.) the 
following courses must be completed : 

Mechanical Engineering, Higher Mathematics. Advanced Me- 
chanics, Structui'al Engineering, and Hydraulic Engineering. 

For the degree of ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (E. E. ) the follow- 
ing courses must be completed : 

Electrical Engineering, Higher Mathematics, Mechanical Engi- 
neering, and Structural Engineering. 

For the degree of BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph. B.) the 
student will be allowed to select a set of courses, which, however, 
must be approved by the Institute as sufficiently extended in scope 
before it can be accepted as a proper preparation for the degree. 

Students takiug- the course for a degree will be al- 
lowed a liberal discount on all courses after the ftrst. 



Students may take each of the courses necessary for a degree 
separately, and will be entitled to the degree upon completing them- 
The aggregate cost will be the same as if the student had entered 
for the degree in the beginning. See pages 13, 42 and 43. 

There is no extra charge for the expenses connected 
Avith the conferring of the degrees. 

In conclusion we would once more impress upon students, artisans 
and wage-earners of all classes the great value of these courses. 
Remember always that nothing sticks like the thought 
you put in black and white. What you read and what 
you write. 

To the worker in metals, such as those 
employed in foundries, machine shops, ^\\i(i' -I'^^L"' 
orbridgeworks,ourcoiirsesinStructural ' '-^ 

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, ,^^^ 

Steam Engineering and Electrical Engi- ^^, _ ^j,^ ^^f', 

neering offer an opportunity of gaining *i '^ 

a more thorough knowledge of that par- 
ticular development of his work to which his tastes most strongly 
incline. These courses, together with our other courses in Survey- 
ing, Hydraulic, Sanitar}', Municipal and Railroad Engineering, 
Architecture and Drawing open a wide field of choice to all who 
desire to make an effort to qualify themselves to take a higher 
place among their fellowmen. A field in which we are sure that 
every earnest worker can find a subject suitable to his abilities and 
in accord with his preference ; while our five years of experience 
in correspondence work, and our corps of instructors, fully equipped 
experts in both the theoretical and practical branches of their sub- 
jects, are positive assurances that the student will attain the great- 
est possible results from the work he does under our direction. 



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Course in Surveying and Mapping. 

ALSO A — ae^ 

Course in Higher Surveying. 



HE foundation for the study of tliis 
course is mathematics, and in this 
subject we give thorough instruction 
covering all the matters necessary to 
an understanding of the operations 
and computations of surveying. The 
surveyor must also be a draughtsman, 
and our course will give him a valu- 
able training in the different classes of 
work which a surveyor is called upon 
to do. This part of the course not 
only fits him for the drawing necessary for the surveyor, but also 
gives him a considerable acquaintance with the general principles 
of mechanical drawing. 

The study of Surveying itself will cover the methods in common 
use, from those emjiloyed in the simple surveymgof farm boundaries 
to the more exact and complicated methods of railroad, mining 
and hydrographic surveying. The modes of keeping field-notes 
for the different classes of work will be thoroughly discussed, and 



the student will receive valuable information on this subject, one 
that is seldom treated as its importance deserves. 

The methods of platting and computing the results of the differ- 
ent kinds of surveys will be fully and carefully explained. 

The student will be made acquainted with the methods of map- 
ping considerable areas ; that is topographic surveying and draw- 
ing, including a discussion of triangulation, stadia work, and the 
determination of heights. 

Exercises in surveying without the use of the ordinary instru- 
ments will be given, and the student will have an opportunity to 
become familiar with and apply in practice many methods and 
operations of actual field and office work. 

This course presents a favorable opportunity for surveyors' assist- 
ants, such as rodmen, chainmen, etc., who wish to advance them- 
selves in the profession of surveying by learning the subject 
properly, instead of picking it up haphazard by experience. The 
latter method produces the many incompetent surveyors we find 
everywhere, who are able to do a few things, those they have 
seen others do ; but are hopelessly lost when confronted by some 



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unusual condition or are called upon to do some work, simple 
enough in principle, but new to them. By our thorough and 
systematic instruction the student can learn the whole subject, and 
be ready to apply his knowledge to meet every new problem that 
arises in his work. 

Working with a competent surveyor may give good results ; but 
more often it does not. For the surveyor seldom has the time or 
the inclination to give the necessary instruction, while it often 
happens that he does not have the knack to impart his information 
in such a systematic way as to do any good to the learnei'. 

There are many professional draftsmen who need a course in 
surveying to enable them to properly perform the work of platting 
field notes which they are called upon to do from time to time. 

-- There are manj' others who have a 

great desire to become surveyors, but 
cannot give up their present employ- 
ment to study in a college. To such 
^^ persons our course offers the very 

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chance they need to attain the knowl- 
edge of their chosen profession. 



Higher Surveying. 



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The course in Higher Surveying is 
added so that the student may obtain 
a knowledge of the most accurate 
methods, such as are used in the opera- 
tions of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic 
Survey and the U. S. Geological Sur- 

■^- ■" vey. In this course will be taken up 

the various branches of Geodetic Sur- 

,', that 1'-, surveying in which the true spheroidal shape of the 

is taken into consideration. 



While the surveyor is not often required to do work of this 
kind outside of the Government surveys, yet a knowledge of it is 
often a matter of great importance to him. The accuracy of his own 
work may frequently depend upon his thorough understanding of 
the methods used in this higher class of work ; as, for instance, 
when it becomes necessary for him to use the results obtained 
by it. 

The importance and in fact the necessity of this higher course 
for the proper rounding out of the surveyor's knowledge of his 
profession can be judged from the following synopsis : 

Measurement of base lines, observation of angles for primary 
and secondary triangulation, observations for determining latitude 
and longitude, with sufficient instruction in Astronomy to enable 
the student to understand the methods employed, and the compu- 
tation and adjustment of geodetic observations. 

Further instruction is given in the methods of surveying as 
applied to these more extensive operations, with instruction in the 
use of the plane table, and the methods of precise levelling. 

Course in Surveying and Mapping. 

Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry. 

Drawing and Mapping. 

Land Surveying — U. S. Public Land Surveys. 

Computations. 

Level and Grade Lines. 

Stadia Rod. 

Railroad, Mine, City and Hydrographic Surveys. 

Laying out Streets, Towns, Roads and Parks. 

Topograpliic Surveys and Triangulation. 

Heights by angle and barometer. 

Field-notes and platting — general discussion. 

Projections and Map work, 



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Higher Surveying. 

Geodetic Surveying— Base lines, Primary Triangulation, 
Astronomy, Latitude and Longitude, Computation and 
Adjustment. 

Secondary Triangulation. 

Topograpliy. 

Plane Table. 

Precise Levelling. 

Terms for the Course. — $25 in advance; or $30 in $5 
installments, as follows: $5 with application and five additional 
monthly payments of $5 each : or i?34 in $2 installments, as fol- 
lows : |2 with application and 16 additional monthly jiayments of 
$2 each. 

Higher Surveying, $35 in addition to the above, or five 
additional monthly payments of Si each ; or 13 additional monthly 
payments of $2 each. Certificates of proficiency are awarded to 
students satisfactorily completing the courses. 

The degree of Civil Engineer (C. E.) will be conferred on 
students who complete the courses of Surveying, Higher Survey- 
ing, Higher Mathematics, Railroad Engineering and Structural 
Engineering. 

For further information as to degrees see page 10. 

Any further information desired will be cheerfully furnished. 



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and help to nie. You will find the Institute honest and upright in all theirdeal- 
ings. I have found them so, from experience. I can, and am glad to speak in 
the highest praise and best wishes for the institute and would urge again that no 
one should miss enrolling for a couT'e with you The lustitnte can use my full 
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and I'll convince you that this is not trumped up but a real fact— J.4.MES War- 
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DEGREES. 

If you have done work elsewhere equivalent to any of our 
courses and wish to take a degree, you can complete your work 
with us and obtain your degree. It will of course be necessary to 
pass an examination in the corresponding work of our courses 
before you will be allowed to omit them in your preparation for 
a degree. See pages 10, 42 and 43. 



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benefit to me and I will highly recommend it to any one. — H. M. Moler, care 
Cross Press & Sign Co , 206 Illinois .St.. Chicago, 111. 

I owe you thanks for your excellent instruction. I can now see that your 
method is the best that can be obtained.— M. C. Mom.msen, 819 W. Chicago Ave., 
Chicago, 111. 

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* * * I sincerely thank your institute for the benefit I derived. You 
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I will now gladly say that the money I spent, to receive instruction from you. 
IS a mere drop in the bucket when compared with the benefits I received. — VVm. 
A, 8HEK, 100 S. Amity St., Baltimore, Md. 

I have been very much pleased by the result of my study with your Institute, 
and have recommended the course to many of my friends, several of whom have 
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cess in the near future with your valuable assistance.— Edwarij Goethe, 1327 
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my welfare. Some day I hope I may be able to repay you in a measure for your 
kindness.— GonLOVE C. Seibert, 170 Ridgewood Ave., Glen Ridge, Essex Co., N. J. 

It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge the promptness of all your commu- 
nicatioiie. You may rely on me to use my influence among my friends and do 
so to the best of my ability.— Leonard Fischer, 154 S. 3d St., Brooklyn, "'. Y. 

I have the most implicit confidence in your institution, and am willing to 
take your advice on anything.— Bramwell C. Holwick, 1003 W. 4th St., Canton. 
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Course in Railroad Engineering. 



HE railroads have an important part in tlie de- 
velopment of our country, and the work of 
constructing railroads continues through all 
periods, whether of good times or had. The 
building of railroads within our cities, and 
from one to another for the development of the 
country lying between them, has created a con- 
siderable demand for railroad engioeers in the 
East, while the development of the newer country of the West has 
added to the demand, so that the future of railroad engineering is 
most promising. 

Many of the larger railroad companies employ from fifty to five 
hundred men in their engineering departments, and in most of 
them, notably the great Pennsylvania Railroad Company, promotion 
from the lowest grades to the highest is based entirely upon the 
industry and ability of the employe. It is a great encouragement 
to railroad engineers to know that the late President of this com- 
pany began in its service as a rod man, and gradually worked his 
way upward through the engineering force, till at last his ability 
placed him in the pi'esidency ; and this instance does not stand 
alone, for in all companies the Engineering department is one of 
the most important, and many of the highest offices are filled from 
that branch of the force. 

Our course in Eailroad Engineering will give the student a sound 
foundation for the technical work of the profession, and will render 
him capable of entering upon the practical duties of railroad 
engineering. 



Mathematics. — In this subject the student will begin with 
arithmetic, and continue with algebra, geometry and trigo- 
nometry making a course in mathematics which will qualify him 
to thoroughly understand the computations generally required of 
the railroad engineer. 

Mechanics. —The student will take a thorough course in ele- 
mentary mechanics and physics in which he will be carried far 
enough to take up l;he special subjects of railroad construction 
which are based on these studies. 

Drawing'. — The work in drawing will cover preliminary instruc- 
tion in the general principles of mechanical drawing, followed by 
instruction and exercises relating specially to railroading. 

The student will then take up the subject of Railroad Engi- 
neering' itself, going thoroughly over its various branches ; start- 
ing with the preliminary office work and passing through the 
entire location, construction and equipment of a railroad ; giving 
also some attention to the important questions of maintenance. 

The following outline of the course will show the completeness 
with which the subject is covered : 

Railroad Engineering. 

Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry. 

Mechanics and Physics. 

Mechanical Drawing. 

Surveys — Eeconnoissance, Party Organization, Instruments, 

Projection of Line, Field-notes, Transit and Triangulation 

work. Levelling, Topography. 



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Location — Grades, Curves, Preliminary Estimates, Specifica- 
tions, Contracts. 

Construction — Cross-section, Slope, Staking out and calculat- 
ini; work, Drainage, Frame structures, Steam shovel 
work, Auxiliary work. Estimates, Track work. 

Maintenance— Line work and repair, Yard arrangement, 
^Maintenance in general. 

Terms for the Railroad Engineering Course.— .$-tO in tid- 
vauce ; <»r S5-t5 in $5 
iii!<tiilliu«'iits, as fol- 
lows: §5 with applica- 
tion and eight additional 
monthly payments of 15 
each ; or $!50 in S2 install- 
ments, as follows : |2 with 
application and twenty- 
four additional monthly 
payments of §2 each. 

Certi ficates of proficiency 
are awarded to students 
satisfactorily completiijg 
the course. 

The degree of Civil 
Eusfiiieer (C. E.) will 
be conferred upon students 
completing the courses of Railroad Engineering, Surveying, Higher 
Surveying, Higher Mathematics and Structural Engineering. 
For further information as to degrees see page 10. 
Any further information desired will be cheerfully furnished 
upon application. 




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Hundreds of men who have distinguished themselves in litera- 
ture, art, science and statesmanship have done so without the help 
of colleges but by their own unaided eiforts ; we are not all Lincolns 
to do this without help. But the opportunity otfered to all by this 
Institute leaves no obstacle in the way of any sincere worker. 



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As for your work you have given me, I think no other institute could have 
done tjetttr, I am very well satisfied and Ihank you for what you have done.— 
J. D. NONKEN, Jr., Box 34, Golden Gate, Alameda Co., Cal. 

I am very well pleased with your system, and am sorry that I did not get to 
work on it sooner.— John M. Little, 767 Castor St., Oakland, Alameda Co., Cal. 

I must say your instruction is most thoroush and as you now have guided me 
I shall rursue my "tudies on the hnes laid out by you.— J. M. Dei.lherv, 77 Main 
St., Hartford, Conn. 

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a great improvement, not only that but I ieel a desire to keep to work and im- 
prove still further. I trust you will at any rate accept my sincere thanks for the 
work you have done.— J -iMES Strktch, 9(i Meridian St., Meriden, New Haven 
Co., Conn. 

I am more than satisfied with the instruction I have received from you, 
and feel grateful for the constant interest you have taken in me, and am satisfied 
that 1 can send in other names to >ou which vou can get to enroll— \V. A. Small, 
46 Motht St., Chicago. 111. 

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will cheerfully correspond with.— Geo. S. Sarin, 4 Grove St., Rochester, Monroe 
Co., N. Y. 

I am very much pleased with your instructiou. — Henry M. Bohlen. 535 E. 
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Course in Electrical Kno-ineerinQ^. 




HERE is a constantly increasing demand for men 
skilled in designing, constructing, installing, test- 
ing, and operating electrical machinery of every 
conceivable nature, and as the demand increases 
there is not an equal increase in the supply of 
skilled labor. The reasons are obvious. Many 
would fit themselves for holding these positions 
were it not that their business will not permit 
them to leave their homes or they are linancially 
unable to take such a course in institutions established to teach by 
personal attendance. 

Those who fit themselves by the correspondence method for the 
electrical profession, will find without much difficulty some opening 
either as Wiremen, Foremen, Contractors, Linemen, Motormen, 
Central Station Superintendents or Constructing Engineers, where 
they all may obtain a foothold; which, while it may be small from 
a remunerative standpoint at the beginning, is sure to develop in the 
future into some position of a far more satisfactory character than 
could be held by any one not versed in the science of electricity. 

Those who are now employed in electrical establishments should 
be well acquainted with the principles underlying the construction 
of the machines which they may handle. By studying an infinite 
number of books one might eventually find the information he 
sought, but in our method of instruction no books are necessary, 
our instruction papers giving in a clear and comprehensive manner 
a thorough explanation of the principles of all apparatus of an 
electrical nature, whether it be the simplest electric bell or the 
most complicated alternating current dynamo. 



No education is complete to-day without an understanding of 
electricity and this can only be obtained by careful instruction 
under the direction of those who have spent years in studying the 
principles involved in electricity and magnetism, and are thus com- 
petent to direct the study of one who seeks an education iu this 
science. 

There are men in the electrical business to-day who are no 
farther advanced than they were ten years ago, whose daily round 
of duties never takes them out of the old route, and the marvelous 
strides made in electricity in the past few years are almost entirely 
unknown to them. Unless these persons avail themselves of the 
opportunities for advancement along electrical lines, they will be 
in the same position ten years hence that they are now. Dynamo 
Tenders, Wiremen, Engineers, Mechanics, men from every position 
in life, young and old, can alike avail themselves of these advan- 
tages on the plan we offer. The Dynamo Tender may become a 
Central Station Manager, the Motorman a Railway Superintendent, 
the Lineman a Testing Chief, the VVireman a Constructing Engi- 
neer, and one and all become practical intelligent Electrical Engi- 
neers by carefully following the course as mapped out by this 
Institution. 

The foundation for the work of the course is laid by careful 
preliminary instruction in Mathemetics, Mechanics and Mechanical 
Drawing. 

After this we give the student a course of instruction calculated 
to lay a foundation in the first principles of Mag'netism ; for with- 
out magnetism, the lighting of our cities, electric propulsion of our 



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railways and the direction of our ships' courses would alike be an 
impossiliility. 

After dwelling at some leagtli upon the laws of natural magnets 
magnetic induction, various laws of attraction and repulsion, 
etc., we take up Sources of Electricity, pointing out their nature 
and properties. Under this head a thorough explanation of the 
modern accepted theories is given, and the student is next 
instructed in the class of phenomena embraced under Static Elec- 
tricity. Here the difference between 
conductors and insulators, the mean- 
ing of certain electrical terms, the 
action of electrified bodies upon each 
other, an explanation of the various 
electro-static machines, properties of 
atmospheric electricity and the value 
of lightning rods are thoroughly ex 
plained. 

Current Electricity is next dis- 
cussed in a very thorough manner, 
showing the difference existing be- 
tween electrical currents and electrical 
charges ; what constitutes an electrical 
circuit ; different types of batteries, 
such as: LeClanche, Gravity, Daniell, 
Bunsen and Edison. 

A complete and comprehensive series of lessons is also given 
upon the Storage Battery commencing at the time of its incep- 
tion and gradually leading up to the most improved and perfected 
apparatus in use to-day. 

Ohm's Law, which governs the operation of all electric circuits 
and without a knowledge of which no one can intelligently con- 




struct or install electrical apparatus of any character, is thoroughly 
dealt with in all its various forms. 

Electro-Metallurgy is treated in a simple manner and the 
various methods employed, salts used, solutions and different types 
of currentforelectro-platingand electrotypingare clearly explained. 

Under Electro-Mag'netisin the relation existing between 
magnets and electrical currents is clearly pointed out, and the 
action of currents on each other and upon iron, the calculation of 
magnetic circuits, and the determination of the lifting power of 
magnets are thoroughly dealt with. 

The subject of Electric Bells is taken up and various types of 
annunciators, alarms, clock devices, automatic, pendant and static 
gas-lighting apparatus are dealt with. The complex methods of 
wiring for these various devices and ingenious combinations to pro- 
duce the desired results in the most satisfactory manner are given. 
Our instruction in Electrical Units and Definition.s is suffi- 
cient to enable a man to intelligently use all of the technical terms 
and definitions that are involved in the electrical profession to-day 
for practical work. 

We devote considerable time to Electrical Measurements, point- 
ing out the different types of Galvanometers, Voltmeters, Aiu 
meters and Wattmeters, with detailed explanation of their parts, 
and then take up a series of measiu'ements with the Wheatstone 
Bridge, calculated to enable any one to use this valuable piece of 
apparatus intelligently in making simple or elaborate tests. 

The subject of Dyuaiuos is very carefully treated. The 
principles of operation and the essential parts ai'e first pointed out 
and then an explanation of the various details is given. Following 
upon this the rectification of current by commutator, methods of 
exciting the fields, the difi'erent types of armatures, the various 
methods of winding, the losses that are met with, lamination of 
core, resistance of ttie air gap, the distortion of field, the Many 



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Causes of Sparking at the Brushes and the Remedies, rheostats and 
various forms of regulators, series, shunt and compound wound 
machines, the theory of alternating currents, the construction and 
operation of commercial alternators, the most approved methods 
concerning care, operation and maintenance of dynamo-electric 
machinery. Dynamo Calculation and Design, all of these subjects 
are treated with the greatest care in a manner at once so simple 
that the most obtuse can understand and yet so complete that the 
most advanced or exacting can find nothing omitted. 

Under Electric Motors the student will obtain a knowledge 
of the first early types of motors, the principles upon which they 
operate, the methods of regulation, system of connection, manner 
of starting, how the}' are wound and the distinctive features as 
compared with dynamos and their adaptability to various require- 
ments. Diagrams accompanying this instruction are of such a 
nature that the student would have but little difficulty in connect- 
ing up any make of motor that might come under his notice. 

Transformers and Induction Coils are treated with a special view 
to their use on alternating current circuits, the methods of construc- 
tion and the principles of operation being clearly pointed out. 

Incandescent and Arc Lamps are thoroughly explained, special 
attention being given to the latest types, the latest improvements 
in both kinds in use by the electrical world to-day. 

Transmission of Power is discussed thoroughly and all the 
various wiring tables and formulas for calculating the sizes of 
wii'es for different purposes in transmitting electricity are given. 

In pointing out the principles of Electric Railwaj's a 
thorough explanation of the various over-head, under ground and 
surface systems are given, and the different types of motors, gen- 
erators and appliances made clear. 

" Central Stations " is a subject which is entered into at 
some length in order that the student may not only understand all 



the connections and the operation of the various appliances therein , 
but may be able to successfully care for a generator, and design, 
construct and repair any piece of apparatus which may become 
injured. 

The Operation of Telephone and Telegraph Appai'atus is thor- 
oughly taught so that any one can readily understand the principles 
involved, as well as the practical apparatus. 

Electrical Engineering- Course. 

Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry,Trigonometry. 

Mechanics and Physics. 

Mechanical Drawing. 

Static Electricity. 

Current Electricity. 

Electro Magnetic Apparatus. 

Batteries. 

Dynamos. 

Motors. 

Transmission of Power. 

Central Stations. 

Light and Power Wiring. 

Alternating Current Machinery. 

Electric Railways. 

Specifications and Superintendence. 

Terms for the Course— $35 in advance ; or $40 in $5 
installments, as follows : §5 with application and seven addi- 
tional monthly payments of §5 each ; or S4J: in §2 installments, as 
follows : S2 with application and twenty-one additional monthly 
payments of §2 each. Certificates of proficiency are awarded to 
students satisfactorily completing tlie course. 

The degree of Electrical Engineer (E. E.) will be conferred 
on students who complete the courses of Electrical Engineering, 
Higher Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engin- 
eering. 

For further information as to degrees see page 10. 

Any further information desired will be cheerfully furnished. 



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Course in Structural Enmneerinor. 



A 




STRUCTURAL engineer, in the bi'oad sense of 
the term, is one wlio understands and Isnows 
liow to control the forces of nature, so far as 
they affect structures, by making his designs 
accord with scientific principles. In preparing 
our course of lectures on Structural Engineering 
we have kept this definition in mind, and have 
endeavored to present this subject to the student 
in its most attractive form ; to bring out in bold 
relief the jirimary principles, and to aid the student to reason 
pr.K-tically and with system, without losing himself in a mist of 
mathematical formulas. In other words, the student is drilled 
in facts and principles, and taught to use his knowledge so as to 
arrive at practical results. 

In planning a structure, the designer must consider many things, — 
the best and most economical arrangement of its parts to meet 
the specified requirements, the methods of joining the parts together 
and the material to be used. He must have the structure strong 
enough, at the same time must not go to the expense of using more 
material than is necessary. Especially is it important in planning 
large structures of steel, that the designer should know what 
character of trusses to use, how to estimate the strain on each com- 
ponent part and the best methods of making joints. In fact since 
steel has been used to such a large extent as a structural material, 
it has becouie evident to all engaged in building operations that a 
technical knowledge of the principles of engineering is essential to 
him who hopes to succeed and keep abreast of his profession. 



Therefore this course is recommended to men who are in the archi- 
tectural, engineering, and building professions, either as a review, 
or for the purpose of gaining a further acquaintance with the scien- 
tific side of their professions. It will also be an advantage to 
students who propose to continue the subject at college or by pri- 
vate study ; while to tlie ambitious young men who are engaged in 
this line of business, or to others who desire to qualify themselves 
to enter upon it, this course offers a most favorable opportunity. 

We begin with a thorough drill in matliematics, elementary 
mechanics aud physics. In mastering the work given him in 
these subjects the student becomes acquainted with the founda- 
tion principles of the profession, and is taught how to use them. 
Instruction in drawing follows, through which the student will be 
qualified to make plans and detailed drawings for structural 
work. 

Analysis of Framed Structures— Under this head are in- 
cluded the graphical and analytical methods of determining 
the beading moments and shearing forces in loaded beams, and 
the principles and methods of determining the stresses in the sep- 
arate members of trusses. By studying the graphical and analyti- 
cal methods in conjunction with each other the student will 
find that the one method aids him in understanding the other, 
and he will learn to decide in what cases each method is to be 
preferred. 

Streng'th of Material. — Physical characteristics of iron and 
steel, brick, stone and timber. Determinations of center of 



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gravity, moments of ineitia and radii of gyration. Methods 
of designing beams, girders and columns. Designing riveted 
joints. These subjects will receive careful treatment, vt-ill be 
made clear to the student, and will be dealt with in the most 
practical way. 

Design of Structui es.— Under 
this head we deal with the deter- 
mination of stresses in the different 
types of roof and bridge trusses, 
and the relative merits of the var- 
ious kinds in general use ; with 
the treatment for uniform and 
concentrated load systems ; with 
the effect of wind on structures, 
with tlie designing of columns 
and the merits of the different 
forms of steel columns; and with 
the use of steel in fire-proof build- 
ings. 
'i ,~. ,; Bridges. — This subject, one of 

('?''' the most important of the course, 

will include a thorough discussion 
of the principles involved in the 
' \ ^ 1 ' designing of bridges of wood, 

masonry, and steel ; with a study of 
standard examples of each class, and practical instruction in de- 
signing structures of each kind. 

Estimates, Specifications, Siiperiutendeiice and In- 
spection. — Under these heads will come a discussion of the 
methods of preparing estimates and specifications ; of the duties of 
the superintendent of construction and his relation to contractors ; 



and of the inspection of matei'ial and work, and the determination 
of the character of material and the quality of work. 

The practical problems in this course will include the complete 
design of a steel roof ti'uss, a plate girder bridge, and a railroad 
truss bridge with computations and detail drawings. 



Structural Engineering Course. 

Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry. 

Elementary Mechanics and Physics. 

Mechanical^Drawing. 

Analysis of Framed Structures. • 

Strength of Material. 

Design of Structures. 

Estimates and Specifications. 

Superintendence and Inspection. 



Terms for the Course.— $-40 in advance ; or $45 in .$5 in- 
stallments, as follows : 55 with application and eight additional 
monthly payments of $5 each ; or $50 in .§2 installments, as follows : 
%1 with application and twenty-four additional monthlj' payments 
of %1 each. Certificates of proficiency are awarded to students 
satisfactorily completing the course. 

The degree of Meclianical Engineer (Mech. E. ) will be 
conferred on students who complete the courses of Structural 
Engineering, Higher Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Ad- 
vanced Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering. 

For further information as to degrees see page 10. 

Any further information desired will be cheerfully furnished. 



Department of Engineering. 



Course in Hydraulic Engineering. 




UR course is designed to give the student a 
good working linowledge of the principles 
and theories necessary for an intelligent solu- 
tion of everyday problems in hydraulics and 
kindred subjects ; as for instance, the selec- 
tion of suitable sources of water-supply, cal- 
culation of probable rain-fall and ' run-oif" 
and the design of dams, reservoirs and dis- 
tribution systems; the design, erection and 
test of hydraulic motors, pumps and other 
machinery ; the improvement of rivers and 
harbors, the design of canals, locks, flumes and 
irrigaticin systems; in fact, all manner of problems involving 
the use or control of water for the benefit of mankind. 

To pursue these subjects intelligently, a good working knowledge 
of arithmetic, elementary algebra, geometry and trigonometry is 
absolutely necessary ; and these subjects together with mechanical 
drawing, surveying, a study of the strength of materials, elemen- 
tary mechanics and theoretical hydraulics are taken up as a pre- 
liminary to, and a preparation for, the consideration of the subjects 
relating more particularly to hydraulic engineering. The use of 
steam and air as mechanical agents it also treated in the prelimin- 
ary course. 

Having mastered this preparatory work the student reaches what 
will prove, no doubt, the most interesting part of the course. 

The first subject considered under the head of applied hydraulics 
is the design and construction of new, and the improvement of 
existing, water-works systems, a matter of vast and constantly 



growing importance. Following is a lirief outline of the order in 
which the several bran(4ies will be taken up : A consideration of 
the quantity of water required, based chiefly on statistics of actual 
consumption in cities and towns in different parts of the country ; 
the conditions governing the selection of a suitable waterslred and 
the methods used in arriving at a safe estimate of the amount of 
rain-lall and the proportion of this amount which may be expected 
to reach the reservoirs ; the design and construction of dams, 
reservoir embankments, settling and storage basins, conduits and 
distribution systems ; filtration and tlie pumping of water to 
higher levels. The subject of pumps will be considered here only 
in a general way, being taken up in detail under the Iiead of 
liydraulic machinery. 

llydraillic Motoi's. — After a brief consideration of the 
principles governing the construction of the old-fashioned over-shot, 
under-shot, and breast wheels, the use of which is still advisable 
under certain conditions, we reach the subject of turbines, by far the 
most important of the hydraulic motors. The principal types of 
existing turbines will be described fully, and particular attention 
will be given to the principles governing their action as well as to 
the details of erection and the methods of conducting tests for the 
determination of capacity and eflflciency. 

In this connection will be described in detail the design and con- 
struction of head-gates, flumes, gratings, penstocks, draft tubes and 
tail race, with explicit practical directions for the construction and 
use of dynamometers for measuring the power actually delivered, 
and for the design and manipulation of hook-gauge, weir, etc., for 
■ determining the amount of water used, and so computing the efli- 



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ciency of the machine. Impulse wheels will also receive careful 
attention, and the principles governing their design and usefully 
explained. Motors of the Three-cylinder or Brotherhood type will 
he considered under the head of hydraulic machinery. Among 
the motors will be included meters for the measurement of water ; 
for these, while not used for the generation of power, are none the 
less prime-movers. Here again much space will be given to direc- 
tions for practical tests and installations. 

Hydraiilio Machin- 
ery — Punip.s. — After a 
brief review of so much 
of theoretical hydraulics 
as may be directly appli- 
cable to pump design, the 
study of pump detail will 
be taken up, illustrations 
being drawn from the 
^ * best examples of modern 

/ construction ; among the 

; types considered ai-e hy- 

draulic-pressure pumps, 
direct-acting duplex, di- 
^ rect-acting compound and 

triple-expansion fire pumps, rotary and centrifugal pumps, etc. 
A special chapter is also devoted to the standard methods of con- 
ducting duty trials of pumping engines. 

Other hydi-aulic apparatus, of which lack of space here prevents 
more than the briefest mention, are ; accumulators, presses, ele- 
vators, cranes, jacks, riveters, forging presses, etc., an almost end- 
less list, extending into every branch of mechanical industry, and 
offering a limitless field for the exercise of mechanical industry and 
skill. 



Steam Eng-ines and Boilers. —Having already considered 
the theories relating to the generation of steam for use as a mechan- 
ical agent, this division will be devoted to a discussion of the 
different types of boilers and engines, and the factors affecting their 
strength and efficiency. The use of the steam engine indicator for 
setting valves, and for determining the horse-power and steam con- 
sumption of the engine, will receive the fullest consideration, 
as will also the standard methods of boiler and engine tests as 
recommended by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 
The whole subject will be treated from the point of view of the 
hydraulic engineer, who, while not expected to engage in the 
design of steam engines, should have a sufficient theoretical and 
practical knowledge of the subject to enable him to choose, test 
and use to the best advantage the machines adapted to his needs. 

Kivers, Harbors, Canal, etc.— Under this heading will be con- 
sidered the methods pursued in deepening river channels, by dredg- 
ing, rock e.xcavation and contraction of flow ; the protection of 
caving banks by the use of- mattresses, rip-rap, spur-dams and 
dykes; the design of ice harbors; construction of breakwaters and 
piers ; the building of canal embankments and locks ; and many 
other problems relating to the control of water for the uses of 
navigation. 

Irrigation Engineering'. — This subject, while having much 
in common with water supply, has also many features peculiar to 
itself, as for instance, the, design and construction of regulators., 
measuring weirs and timber flumes ; the design of distributaries, 
methods of applying water to the land, etc., all of which will be 
considered in their proper place. Attention will also be given to 
the laws and regulations of the Government concerning the subject 
of irrigation, with which the irrigation engineer should be 
. acquainted. 



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Hydraulic Engineering' Course. 

Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry. 

Mechanics and Physics. 

Meclianical Drawing and Mapping. 

Strength of Materials. 

Surveying — with special reference to reconnaissance and 

hydrographic work. 
Air and Steam as mechanical agents. 
Theoretical Hydraulics. 
Water Supply, Storage and Distribution. 
Hydraulic Motors — Water wheels, Turbines, Impulse wheels, 

Meters, etc. 
Hydraulic Machinery — Pumps, Elevators, Cranes, Forging 

presses, etc. 
Rivers, Harbors, Canals and Docks. 
Irrigation. 

Steam Boilers and Engines, 
Contracts and Specifications. 

Terms for the Course.— $50 in advance ; or $55 in $5 in- 
stallments, as follows : !J5 with application and ten additional 
monthly payments of $5 each ; or S60 in ff2 installments, as follows : 
92 with application and twenty-nine additional monthly install- 
ments of 5>2 each. Certificates of proficiency are awarded to students 
satisfactorily completing the course. 

The degree of Meclianical Engineer (Mech. E.) will be con- 
ferred on students who complete the courses of Hydraulic Engineer- 
ing, Higher Mathematics, Structural Engineering, Mechanical 
Engineering and Advanced Mechanics. 

For farther information as to degrees see page 10. 

Anv further information desiredwill be cheerfullv furnished. 



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Course m Sanitary Engineering. 




HE work of the Sanitary Engineer may be 
broadly defined as having for its object the 
improvement of the public health by sup- 
plying pure water and fresh air to our houses 
and the removal from them of all injurious 
wastes. 

As soon as the progress of civilization 
tended to the concentration of population 
within areas of limited extent, it became 
necessary to make provision for the removal 
of noxious refuse from the vicinity of habi- 
tations. The importance of sanitary works was early recognized, 
a fact well attested to this day by the ruins of the aqueducts and 
sewers of ancient Rome. It is, however, within the last sixty years 
that sanitary science has clearly demonstrated the dangers to 
human life which exist in a vitiated atmosphere, a polluted soil or 
an infected water sup('ly. 

What more interesting and vital problems can be solved by the 
trained engineer than those presented in intelligently designing 
and skillfully constructing in our cities and dwellings suitable 
means for decreasing or removing the harmful effects of these un- 
seen agents ? 

The preliminary portion of our course includes thorough train- 
ing in fundamental mathematics and mechanics as needful prepar- 
ation for the further studies of the special course. These are fol- 
lowed by a concise discussion of the air we breathe and the soil on 
which we tread, treating briefly of the composition of air, its more 
common iurpurities and ihe resultant deleterious efiects. Also of 



the simpler characteristics of the virgin soil, how it becomes 
infected, and the serious and enduring eifects of its pol- 
lution. 

The subject of Water Supply, next taken up, considers among 
other topics, the character and capacity of water-sheds, the quantity 
of water required for the supply of cities and towns, the impurities 
to which water is liable, methods of purification and aeration, as 
well as its storage and distribution through pressure or gravity 
systems. 

As a natural sequence to the subjert of water supply we pass to 
studies bearing on the removal and treatment of the liquid wastes. 
Under the heads of Sewerag-«, Drainag-e and Sewage Dis- 
posal, attention is first given to general problems, as the comparison 
of the water carriage system with other methods of disposal, the 
application of the separate system of sewers, the size of storm 
water conduits, formulas for computing discharges, and the im- 
portant methods of sewage treatment, after which the student is 
brought to consider the construction of various detailed types of 
work and their care and maintenance. 

The teaching of these matters will be from the practical stand- 
j^oint, looking to results to be attained rather than the discussion 
of impracticable theories. 

There will next be taken up House Plumbing- and Drain- 
age, combining instruction in the practical design ofinternal piping 
systems for the removal of the liquid household wastes with a 
connected review of the best American practice as to ventilation 
and fixtures. There will also be given, as an allied subject, a 
succinct course in house distribution systems for gas-iighting, com- 






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prising the desij;n ami practiral ponstruction of lines of piping for 
this purpose. 

The subject of Heatiuy and Ventilation, wliich has so much 
to do with the health and comfort of every conimunitv, will be 
treated systematically, teaching first the general principles on which 
sound design is based, then taking in order the diflerent systems of 
heating by steam, hot water and hot air, each combined with ade- 
quate ventilation, followed by 
studying the conditions and class 
H of Ijuildings for which each system 

is best suited. 
-— -«, Under the general topic of Vil- 

lage and City Sanitation, at- 
. i tention will be devoted to a study 
^ I of the collection and treatment of 
those lefs noticeable wastes such 
as garbage, builder's rubbish, and 
street refuse, which it is desirable 
to remove from the immediate lo- 
I cality of our dwellings. 

In addition, the location and 
construction of cesspools and pi ivy 
vaults, and the removal of surface 
and ground water will be examined. 

Tlie work of this course is carefully planned in its several 
branches so as to render it attractive and profitable alike to the 
foreman or skilled mechanic, to the rodman and chainman in a 
field party, to the college graduate desirous of obtaining a further 
training in technical lines, and to the experienced engineer em- 
ployed, perhaps with low compensation, in some overcrowded 
branch of the profession. To each of these we offer a ready means 
of instruction, at a price within his reach and in time at his own 




disposal, in a working knowledge of one of the most alluring and 
growing branches of engineering science. 



Sanitary Eng-iiieeriug Course. 

Mathematics— Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and Ti-igo- 

nometry. 
Mechanics and Physics. 
Mechanical Drawing and Mapping, 
Surveying. 

Strength of Materials. 
Air and Soil. 

Water Supply, Storage and Distribution. 
Drainage, Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. 
House Drainage, Plumbing and Gas Fitting. 
Heating and Ventilation. 
Village and City Sanitation. 



Terms for the Course. — $.50 in advance ; or .$35 in i^."* in- 
stallments, as follows : $5 with application and ten additional 
monthly payments of ^io each ; or .$60 in $2 installments, as fol- 
lows : §2 with application and twenty-nine additional monthly 
payments of $2 each. Certificates of proficiency are awarded to 
students satisfactorily completing the course. 

For information as to degrees see page 10. 

Any further information desired will be cheerfuUv furnished. 



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Course in Municipal Engineering. 




HE demand for the services of the engineer in 
most localities may be justly said to be depen- 
dent upon the concentration of population 
which has taken place in those localities. 

But slight need is felt for the trained en- 
gineer in a sparsely settled rural community, 
demanding inferior means of communication 
only, having fords at its stream crossings, liv- 
ing in simple dwellings, depending upon springs 
and wells for its supply of water and requiring only nature as its 
scavenger. 

When such a community becomes a village or town, it proceeds 
to construct improved highways, provided with bridges and cul- 
verts, and possibly a surface railroad. Its sanitary needs are met 
by building simple systems of water-mains and sewers and the in- 
troduction, to the homes of the well-to-do, of house plumbing. All 
these improvements, if well planned and economically carried out, 
call for the skill of the Ci vil Engineer. 

If now, this typical hamlet, favored by the smiles of Fortune, ex- 
pands into a city, its need of the engineer is greatly increased. We 
now find well-paved^ streets, marked by a radiating network of 
street railways, and underlaid by an honeycomb of mains and con- 
duits. The valleys are spanned by massive viaducts, which stretch 
for miles above our heads, to end at last in mammoth stations. 
The lofty buildings, seen on every hand, rival the Tower of Babel 
in height, and almost cut oif sun and sky, a loss hardly noted, so 
used are we to seeing the night illumined like the day. 
This transformation of farm lands into the sites of thriving towns 



and even of cities has occurred in many instances within the 
memories of a single generation. That such changes will continue, 
necessitating the employment of thousands of engineers and the 
expenditure of additional millions of dollars, is the fixed belief of 
all close observei's of the progress of civilization on our continent. 

The reflex influence of the concentrated activities found in met- 
ropolitan centers is also beginning to be manifested in suburban 
districts in the current agitation for improved roads, in the promo- 
tion of rapid transit, the extension of sanitary control, and the ap- 
plication of scientific methods for bettering the conditions of vil- 
lage and town life. 

The intelligent direction of these potent forces of development 
and extension will require and engage all who have anticipated 
the call for such services and made due preparation for rendering 
them. The opportunities offered by this course will enable many 
to acquire the necessary knowledge who could not otherwise, by 
reason of the limitations of time and cost, hope to do so. 

Our course of Municipal Engineering' will, at the outset, 
prepare the student by the pursuit of the required preliminary 
studies to profitably undertake the advanced and technical portion 
of the work. He will then be taught the theory and practice 
of the important branches of civil engineering as applied to city 
works. 

The first technical topic — Water Supply, Storage, and 
Distribution — will he mainl}' concerned with the considera- 
tion of the amounts of water required for cities, the collection of 
a supply, its quality, its storage, and its distribution to meet speci- 
fied conditions of use. 



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This will be followed by the subjects of Drainag'e, Sewerage 
and Sewage Disposal, in the discussion of which general 
principles controlling the quantities of rainfall and sewage, the type 
of system most desirable, and the size of conduits, etc., will first be 
laid down, to be later succeeded by detailed statements of methods 
of construction and examples of efficient completed works. The 
chapters on Sewage Disposal will be devoted to the principal 
means and apparatus used for 
purification with special attention 
to results attained in this country. 
Under the head of Streets and 
. _^ Pavements the important prob- 

^- ^, V'' lems involving the relation of topo- 

*^^ '" \ graphy to the lines, grades and 

I/4BI tTW' % I cross-sections of streets will be 

taken up. The treatment of pave- 
ment foundations and the laying 
and maintenance of the most sat- 
isfactorj' and durable surfaces will 
ije studied, in coLnection with 
illustrative examples suited to the 
subject. 
Consideration will then be directed to the principal types of 
Street Railways including cable lines, the elevated and under- 
ground trolley, compressed air motors, and track and conduit 
design and building. 

The subject of Pnblic Lighting' will develop the application of 
naphtha, gas and electric systems of lighting to roads and parks. 

The course will conclude with a study of Municipal Or- 
ganization, Assessniejits and Franchises. Much interest 
is manifested, at the present time, in the administrative methods 




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of city government and in the important questions respecting the 
distribution of taxation and the control of the large entei'prises 
incident to city growth. The discussion of these matters will 
be practical, and highly valuable to all thoughtful students. 



Municipal Engineering Course. 

Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and Trigo- 
nometry. 
Mechanics and Physics. 
Mechanical Drawing and Mapping. 
Surveying. 

Strength of Materials. 
Water Supply, Storage and Distribution. 
Drainage, Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. 
Streets and Pavements. 
Street Railways. 
Public Lighting. 
Municipal Organization, Assessments and Franchises, 



Terms for the Course. — $50 in advance ; or $55 in $5 in- 
stallments, as follows : ?5 with application and ten additional 
monthly payments of %h each ; or §60 in ?2 installments, as fol- 
lows : %2 with application and twenty-nine additional monthly 
payments of $2 each. Certificates of proficiency are awarded to 
students satisfactorily completing the course. 

For information as to degrees see page 10. 

Any further information desired will be cheerfully furnished. 



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ourse in 



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EngineennQT. 




UR industrial organizations are each year demand- 
ing men of higher education for employees. 
The knowledge that was our father's is no 
longer sufficient. The intelligent mechanic must 
. know more than simply how to place a piece 
of work in the lathe or planer, or how to place 
the pattern when making the mold. The man 
who knows only that is a mere tool, like the 
lathe or planer which he operates, and like 
them also he will never become any thing else_ 
It is the men of intelligence and learning who are chosen for the 
desirable positions. No man is fitted to be foreman or super- 
intendent of a shop who does not know the principles of mechanics, 
strength of materials, and machine design. 

But if he know-s these subjects he can correct errors and 
suggest improvements in the designs. Such a man will be chosen 
as designer, and his knowledge of drawing and kinematics will 
then enable him to design machinery by the modern methods, with- 
out the expense of experimenting on two or three botch machines. 
The foreman should understand the principles of the construc- 
tion and operation of all kinds of machinery. He must be able to 
calculate what forces act in any one piece of the machine, how to 
properly design that piece to resist those forces, and how the forces 
are transmitted from one piece to another. 

Mechanics, as a rule, ai'e men of ambition and nat\iral intelli- 
gence, but many of them not having had the advantage of a 
mechanical education, find themselves at a great disadvantage in 
the close competition of our present day. They realize if they 



could but obtain a technical education they could win prominence 
Many of the best Mechanical Engineers of the present day are 
those who studied Mechanical Engineering after they had learned 
their trade. 

It is the purpose of the Institute to provide such men with the 
opportunity they have so long desired. The door is open to any 
one who will study the course in Mechanical Engineering. In 
order, however, that the student may be able to easily understand 
all the technical subjects, it is necessary for him first to master the 
preliminary subjects of Mathematics, Physics, and Mechanical 
Drawing. 

The student need only know how to read and write in order to 
take this course, as he is started at the very beginning of Arith- 
metic. He is given thorough instruction in all the rudiments of 
the subject, including all the operations ordinarily required. Al- 
gebra, Geometry and Trigonometry are treated in very much the 
same way. Great care is taken to give only that which is of most 
practical use, and yet give an adequate and comprehensive idea of 
the subject. In Algebra, the student is taught to solve intricate 
problems by the use of symbols. In Geometry, he is taught the 
forms and proportions of plane figures, and the measurements of 
areas, angles, etc. In Trigonometry, he is tauglit the solution of 
the triangle and the use of trigonometric and logarithmic tables. 

No one can hope to learn to design machinery who does not have 
a thorough knowledge of Mechanical Drawing'. Therefore 
considerable importance is given to this part of the course. After 
being taught the general principles, the student will make working 
drawings of various machine parts from sketches and dimensions. 



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The course in Pliysics begins with elementary mechanics, and 
talies up in succession hydrodynamics, pneuniatics. and heat. Tlie 
course throufrhout is ilhistrated and explained by simple experi- 
ments with which the student is already familiar, or which he can 
easily perform with the simplest home-made apparatus. After a 
preliminary study of the properties of matter, the laws of motion 
are given aud illustrated. The composition and resolution of 
forces are studied, and woi'k aud energy are explained. 

Hydn dynamics treats of the action 
of forces and motion in liquids. The 
study of the forces when they are bal- 
anced, and the ^liquid is not in motion, 
~j- is called Hydrostatics. Hydrokinetics 

, Ar deals with the energy of liquids in 

motion. The theory of rams, water, 
wheels and turbines is fully explained. 

The laws governing the action of gases 
are studied under the head of Pneu- 
matics. The application of these laws 
to air pumps, compressors, aud like ma- 
chinery is clearly illustrated. 

The subject of Heat completes the pre- 
limiuiiry part of the course. In addition 
to studying the nature and effects of heat, the student is made 
sufficiently acquainted with the principles of chemistry to under- 
stand combustion. 

Throughout the preliminary, as well as the advanced subjects, 
numerous tables and charts will be given, which will be of ines- 
timable value to the student in his future practice. The text will 
be copiously illustrated, as often a simple illustration will teach 
more than a page of text. Every lesson in each subject will close 




with numerous practical examples, in order to test the student's 
understanding of that lesson before he proceeds. 

The advanced course begins with the study of Streug'tli of 
Materials. The object of studying this subject is to familiarize 
the student with the properties of the various materials used in 
machine constructions, with their behavior under stress, and with 
the usual methods and formulas for calculating the proper dimen- 
sions to safely resist any given stress. 

Before undertaking the more complex problems, the student is 
drilled in the principles of G-rapliical Statics. Graphical 
methods of calculating are so exact, rapid and suggestive, that they 
are largely replacing analytical methods in engineering practice. 
Begininng with a few examples in graphical arithmetic, and hastily 
reviewing the principlesof the triangle of forces, studied in physics, 
the student is taught to apply this method to the determination of 
stresses in engineering structures. 

In the study of Mechanics of Materials both the analytical 
and graphical methods are used, the former that the student may 
obtain a more thorough understandiiuj of the conditions existing 
in any piece under stress, and the latter that he may learn how to 
quickly make the necessary computations. The stress in beams, 
long columns and shafts are determined and illustrated by e.'jamples. 
The moment of inertia, radius of gyration, and moment of resistance 
are explained and their use illustrated. 

Kiueinatics treats of the motions peculiar to machinery, consid- 
ered as change of position solely. It teaches the nature and equiva- 
lence of mechanisms and how to combine the kinematical elements 
in designing new machinery. The subject is studied mostly by aid 
of the drawing board. The student makes skeleton drawings of a 
number of mechanisms and determines the velocity ratios of their 
parts. Problems in link, valve, and differential motions, as well as 
high-speed engine governors, are investigated. 



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Dyuamics of Macliiuery deals with the forces acting in and 
transmitted by machinery. Cranes, hoisting macliinery and other 
simple examples are first studied, and the forces acting in each part 
under a given load and condition are determined. As the student 
progresses the subject of friction is taken into account and the forces 
as modified by this factor are accurately determined. Starting 
with an assumed steam diagram, all the forces acting in an engine 
at each point of the stroke are determined. Other practical exam- 
ples are also solved. Under this head the student completes his 
study of the governor bj' determining the actuating forces. Illus- 
trative examples are taken from well-known engines. 

A thorough understanding of these subjects forms a basis for 
the rational Designing- and Invention of Machines. The 
student learns to design machinery by actually designing it from 
data furnished as it would occur in practice. Simple fastenings, 
bearings, shafts, levers, and connecting rods are designed, both 
analytical and graphical methods being used. Special attention is 
given to gearing, and practical methods are given for constructing 
the correct tooth profiles. 

The student then undertakes the design of special machinery. 
The work covers a wide range, the intention being to fit the student 
for any kind of machine designing. He begins with the design of 
steam engines from an assumed diagram, carefully determining the 
play of forces in all its parts, and calculating their proper dimen- 
sions. Machine Tools, Hydraulics, Electrical and Mill machinery 
are each studied and designed. 

In considering machine plants, instruction is given in the selec- 
tion and advantageous arrangement of machinery and accessories. 
The building of foundations and erecting of machinery is also 
treated thoroughly. 

The student is taught the elements of electricity and the princi- 
ples of dynamo- electrical machinery, which is coming into such 
general use wherever machinery is employed. Particular attention 



will be paid to the use of electricity as a mode of transmission of 
power in a shop. 

It should be borne in mind that our courses are not superficial. 
It will require hard work to satisfactorily complete a course, but 
the student will have learned something. 

He can feel assured that his money and time have been well 

spent. 

Course in Mechanical Engineering. 
Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry. 
Mechanical Drawing. 
Physics — 

Elementary Mechanics, 

Hydrodynamics — Hydrostatics, Hydrokinetics. 
Pneumatics. 
Heat. 
Applied Mechanics — 

Part I. Strength of Materials, Graphical Statics, Me- 
chanics of Materials. 
Part II. Kinematics of Machinery, Dynamics of Ma- 
chinery. 
Machine Design — 

Elements of Machines. 

Special Machinery — Steam Engines and Boilers, Hydrau- 
lic Machinery, Machine Tools, Electrical Machinery. 
Construction of Plants. 
Electricity — Dynamo-Klectrical Machinery. 

Terms for the Course.— $35 in advance ; or .$4:0 in $5 in- 
stallments, as follows: |5 with application and seven additional 
monthly payments of §5 each ; or §44 in |2 installments, as follows : 
$2 with application and twenty one additional monthly payments of 
S"2 each. Certificates of proficiency are awarded to students who 
satisfactorily complete the course. 

The degree of Mechanical Engineer (Mech. E.) will be con- 
ferred on students who complete the courses of Mechanical Engin- 
eering,Higher Mathematics, Advanced Mechanics, Steam Engineer- 
ing, Hydraulic Engineering and Structural Engineering. 

For further information as to degrees see page 10. 

Any further information desired will be cheerfully furnished. 



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Course in Steam Engineering. 




VERY year the demand from our industrial 
organizations for men of higher education 
increases. The test for promotion is becom- 
ing more and more an educational one. "It 
is the individual who reaches the highest 
round of the ladder, not the many." He 
who would gain the top must supplement 
his practical knowledge with a technical 
education. 

Steam-plant owners are just beginning to realize the enormous 
waste of fuel which annually occurs. They are learning that it is 
far preferable to pay an educated engineer a good salary and have 
a small coal bill, than to have a cheap engineer and a large coal 
bill. The development of the steam engine has progieseed so 
rapidly in the past twenty-five years that the best results are only 
obtained by a thorough understanding and intelligent application 
of the theoretical principles on which it operates. It is not suffi- 
cient that the engineer should know enough to open and close the 
throttle, to oil the bearing, to watch his gauge glass, and to shovel 
in sufficient coal to keep up the steam. He must understand how 
steam is formed ; what are the best conditions for the economical 
apnlication of the heat of the furnace to the production of steam ; 
how he can reduce priming and produce dry steam ; and, above all, 
he must understand the chemistry of combustion and how he can 
produce the necessary heat with the least coal. He must be able to 
tell if his boiler has the proper grate area, and his chimney is the 
right size, and to make a complete boiler trial to see if he is obtain- 
ing sufficiently good results. He must understand the action of 



the steam in the cylinders, the effect of lap and lead on this action 
and how an indicator card tells the story of the setting or the 
leakage of the valves, and of the amount of steam consumed. He 
must understand ho w the forces are transmitted from the p'ston to the 
shaft, and how to calculate the strength of all the parts, and as most 
plants now contain a small lighting equipment, he must understand 
the general principles of electricity. 

The man who knows all ttiis will be a very valuable employee 
and certain of promotion. He will take pride in reducing his coal 
bill to the lowest notch. If any part of his plant is not giving 
economical results he will know it and know how to improve it. 
If any part of the boiler or engine is subject to excessive strains he 
will know it and guard against accidents. If any repairs are needed 
he can make a drawing of the required parts and order them made. 
If any additional machinery is required, he can determine the 
proper size of engine and boiler, and calculate all pulleys, gears, 
shafting, etc. In most cities and someStates, engineers are required 
to obtain a license by passing a technical examination. Other 
States are being urged to pass similar laws, and it will not be long 
until every State will require educated engineers. Every marine 
engineer must now pass an examination before he can obtain a 
license. 

It is the purpose of the Institute to furnish all this knowledge 
and much more to any one W'ho will study the course here outlined ■ 
In order, however, that the student may be able to understand all 
the techical subjects, it is necessary for him first to master the pre- 
liminary subjects of Mathematics, Physics aud Mechanical 
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in order to take this course. He is started at the verj' beginning 
of arithmetic, and is given thorough instruction in all the rudiments 
of the subject. Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry are treated 
in very much the same way. Great care is taken to aive only that 
whicli is of most practical use, and yet to give an adequate and 
compreliensive idea of the subject. In Trigonometry the student 
is taught the use of the trigonometj-ic and logarithmic tables in the 
solution of prolilems. 

In Mechanical Drawing the stu- 
dent is taught how to make shop 
drawings. Working drawings are 
^^^ made from sketches of various ma- 

fr^MBJ chine elements. 

K ^^ ' The course in Physics begins 

with elementary mechanics, and 
takes up in succession hj'dro- 
. .^ dynamics, pneumatics and heat. 

The course throughout is illus- 
trated atid explained by simple 
experiments with which the stu- 
dent is already familiar, or which 
he can easily perform with the sim- 

plest home-made apparatus. 

The theory of hydraulic machinery and air compressors is fully 
explained. 

The subject of Heat completes the preliminary part of the course. 
Radiation, conduction and convection are studied with special 
reference to steam engineering problems. The student is made 
sufficiently acquainted with the principles of chemistry to under- 
stand combustion, and how to calculate the heat due to the com- 
bustion of any fuel when its analysis is known. 

Throughout the preliminary, as well as the advanced subjects, 



numerous tables and charts will be given, which will be of inestim- 
able value to the student in his future practice. The text will be 
copiously illustrated, as often a simple illustration will teach more 
than a page of text. Every lesson in each subject will close 
with numerous practical examples iu order to test tire student's 
understanding of that lepson before he proceeds. 

The advanced special course begins with the study of Strengtli 
of Materials. The object of studying tliis subject is to familiarize 
the student with the properties of various materials used in Ma- 
chine construction ; with their behavior under stress, and with 
the usual methods and formulas for calculating the proper dimen- 
sions to safely resist any given stress. 

Before undertaking the more complex problems, the student is 
drilled in the principles of G-vapliical S tatics. Grapliical meth - 
ods of calculating are so exact, rapid, and suggestive tliat they are 
largely replacing analytical methods in engineering practice. B^,- 
ginning with a few examples in graphical arithmetic and hastily 
reviewing the i^rinciples of the triangle of forces, studied in physics, 
the student is taught to apply this method to the determination of 
stresses in engineering structures. 

In the study of the Mechanics of Materials both the analyti- 
cal and graphical methods are used, the former that the student may 
obtain a more thorough understanding of the conditions existing 
in any piece under stress, and the latter, that he may learn how to 
quickly make the necessary computations. The stresses in beams, 
long columns, and shafts are determined and illustrated by ex- 
amples. 

The student is now prepared to design the details of Steam En- 
gines such as cylinder body, piston, piston rod, connecting rod, 
cranls; pin, crank-shaft and fly-wheel. Under this head are also 
considered the subjects of friction, lubrication, and wear of 
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The details of construction of Steam Boilers are studied, and 
the sides, ends, soanis, and stays are calculated for strength and 
safety. 

Therniotlyiiamics or the Mechanical Theory of Heat, is the 
science whichtreatsof the relations existing between heat and work. 
It is necessary that the engineer should have a thorough knowl- 
edge of this science in order that he may understand the proper- 
ties of steam and its action in producing work. By means of it he 
determines the efficiency of an engine compared witti the calorific 
power of the fuel ; he may design the volume of cylinder to do a 
given amount of work and determine the fuel required ; and he is 
lead to appreciate the importance of saving heat, and to see where 
and how it may be accomplished. 

With this knowledge the student is able to design engines and 
.boilers. He is taught how to calculate the proper size of cylinders 
for simple, compound, and triple expansion engines. Valves and 
valve-gears are studied by means of Zeuner's diagrams. The prin- 
ciple of the governor is explained and illustrated by examples. 
The losses in the cylinder are considered, and the effect of jacket- 
ing discussed. The action and use of the condenser are explained. 
The student is taught to calculate the proportions of a boiler setting 
and chimney on scientific principles. The value of mechanical 
stokers, feed-water heaters, and other accessories are discussed, and 
the theory of the injector is fully explained. 

Full instructions are given for making complete boiler and en- 
gine tests according to standard methods, and for calculating the 
results. The determination of the approximate steam consumption 
of an engine from the indicator card direct is explained. The pe- 
culiarities of locomotive, marine and other engines are described 
and their operation exjilained. 

In the construction of plants the engineer is given points in the 



selection of an engine and boiler for the work to be performed ; 
the arrangement of the machinery and accessories in the building ; 
the building of foundations and the erecting of both engine and 
boiler. 

The student is taught the elements of electricity, and the prin- 
ciples of dynamo-electric machinery sufficient fur an intelligent care 
of same. 

It should be borne in mind that this course in Steam Engineer- 
ing is thorough and not a superficial one. It will require hard 
work to satisfactorily complete the course, but the student will 
have learned something. 



Course in Practical Steam Engineering. 

A .short course maybe taken by those who for various reasons 
cannot take the full course. It is short in that it omits some of the 
subjects ; but in the subjects taken, the text and instruction for the 
two courses are identical. The short course of study comprises 
Mathematics, Mechanical Drawing, Heat, Thermodynamics, Steam 
Engine and Boiler designs, Steam Engine and Boiler trials, and 
Construction of Plants. 

This shorter course omits the subjects relating to Mechanics and 
Machine design, and confines itself strictly to the theory of the 
steam engine. It will be of great value to the practical mechanic 
or engineer who wishes to acquire a thorough understanding of the 
principles of combustion, the production of steam and its action 
in the cylinder, the use of the indicator, the method of making 
and computing boiler and engine trials, and the theory of com- 
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Course in Steam Engineering'. 

Mathematics— Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometrj', Trigonometry. 

Mechanical Drawing. 

Physics — 

Elementary Mechanics. 

Hydrodynamics — Hydrostatics, Hydrokinetics. 

Pneumatics. 

Heat. 

Applied Mechanics — 

Part I. Strength of Materials, Graphical Statics, Mechan- 
ics of Materials. 

Steam Engineering — Steam Engine details. Steam Boiler 
details, Thermodynamics, Steam Engine and Boiler De- 
signs, Steam Engine and Boiler Trials, Locomotives, 
Marine and other Engines. 

Construction of Plants. 

Electricity — Dynamo- Electrical Machinery. 

Course in Practical Steam Engineering. 

Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry^ 

Mechanical Drawing. 

Steam Engineering — Heat, Thermodynamics, Steam Engine 
and Boiler Design, Steam Engine and Boiler Trials, Loco- 
motives, Marine and other Engines. 

Construction of Plants. 

Terms for the Course in Steam Engineering. —$35 in advance • 
or $4rO in $5 installments, as follows : $5 with application 
and seven additional monthly payments of $5 each ; or |44 in $2 
iastallments, as follows : $2 with application and twenty-one addi- 
tional monthly payments of $2 each. 



Terms for the Shorter Course in Practical Steam Engineering. — 
$20 in advance ; or $24 in $5 installments, as follows : 
15 with application, three additional monthly payments of $5 each 
and a final payment of !j4 ; or Si28 in §2 installments, as follows : 
Si2 with application and thirteen additional monthly payments of 
12 each. 

Certificates of proficiency are awarded to students who satisfac- 
torily complete the courses. 

The degree of Mechanical Engineer (Mech. E.) will be con- 
ferred on students who complete the courses of Steam Engineering. 
Mechanical Engineering, Higher Mathematics, Advanced Me- 
chanics, Hydraulic Engineering and Structural Engineering. 

For further information as to degrees see page 10. 

Students taking the course for a degree will be allowed a liberal 
discount on all courses after the first. 

Any further information desired will be cheerfully furnished. 



A Fe«^ More Remarks from Students. 

I thank you for your kindnes^s in the past— Carl J. Eolph, 994 W. 4th St., Po- 
mona, Los Angeles Co., Cat. 

My thanks are due you for the help you have given me. — J. W. Beach, 
Cheshire, New Haven Co , Conn. 

I feel very thankful to you tor your instruciion, which I consider very com- 
plete, for I feel I have derived benefits from it that will aid me in the future.— 
h. E. Cole, 160 Loomis St., Chicago, 111. 

I think my money Is well invested and thank you very much.— Howard S. 
BURNELL, Box 35S, Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass. 



A Reflection. 

What future is there for the man who labors only with his hands ? 
He may gain much skill and be of great value, but there is the 
end. The man who adds to the skill of his hands the equally 
skillful use of his brain finds no limit to the possibilities of his 
future. 



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Courses in Architecture. 




A RCHITECTURE is daily growing to be one of 

J^^ the most important of the professions. Tliis 

X^^ is exemplified by the increasing demand for 

: f vL well-equipped draftsmen. To supply this 

f ^^ demand our various technii'al schools are yearly 

turning out increasing numbers of graduates 

prepared to till responsible positions. It is not 

possible for every one to have all the advantages 

of college training but, " whi re there is a will, 

there will be a way," and the Correspondence 

School in Architecture comes to your assistance and will enable 

you to accomplish by diligent and faithful work what many who 

have the best of training fail to do. 

It is possible to learn drawing and designing by our method of 
correspondence instruction. 

A thorough knowledge of drawing is the basis of all architecture 
as well as of all other branches of IMechanical Science. 

This being the case, drawing must be the principal subject and 
groundwork of these courses. 

The student begins by drawing lines and curves and learning the 
simple problems in constructive drawing such as, how to bisect a 
line or an angle, how to construct simple geometrical figures and 
the theory and practice of drawing to various scales. As the stu- 
dent progresses he becomes familiar with the best methods of 
working and is gradually led from simpler constructive drawing to 
the more complex methods of projection. 

Architectural drawing is of course founded on mechanical draw- 
ing, but it is in itself a special branch. To the architectural drafts- 



man, architectural forms must be familiar, so the student is very 
soon put to work drawing out plans, elevations and sections of cor- 
nices and other architectural details in order that he may become 
familiar with them. 

The five orders of architecture must be carefully drawn out. 
Throughout an architectural career these five orders, or the various 
modifications of them, will be found to be indispensable, so their 
careful study is absolutely necessary. 

Details of classical architecture will accompany the orders and 
a thorough knowledge of classical architecture will thereby be 
gained. 

The successful architect of to-day is the one who can design in 
the classical styles, whether it be a hotel, theatre, store, office 
building or private residence. 

The popular style of to-day, yesterday, and to-morrow is and 
will always be some modification of them as they seem to meet 
the various conditions of living more completely than any 
others. 

It is important that one should be familiar with all styles, but 
they are so varied it is impossible to obtain more than a speak- 
ing acquaintance with them in a course of this character. 
Having mastered the classical styles, the student will find that the 
others will come naturally by observation and study. 

Next, the designing of simple structures will be taken up and 
the student taught the essentials of good planning. At first small 
buildings will be designed, but they will lead to larger and more 
complicated ones. 

As the student's horizon becomes more extended he will be 



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shown how to construct his buildings and malce the details for 
them. 

It is deemed of great importance that a thorough knowledge of con- 
struction be imparted, as a well-designed building poorly constructed 
will be of very little credit to the designer and less to the owner. 
As the course in architectural drawing progresses, other branches 
p of drawing essential to the good drafts- 

• ^ ■" , man will spring up and must be mas- 

^ tered. A proper knowledge of shades 
and shadows naturally succeeds sim- 
ple projection, and perspective will 
follow as a matter of course. 

Every architect should be able to 
make a perspective drawing of his 
1 design in order that he may see just 
how it will look in reality, and that 
others may see it, too. One thing 
leads to another, and the student will 
iind almost before he is aware of it 
that he has a knowledge of Stereotomy 
and will be able to draw out in 
isometric projection details of arch- 
stones, window-sills and other pecu- 
" liarly-cut pieces of stone, and, if 

necessary, be able to cut them out of paper and paste together so 
as to form an exact reproduction to a smaller scale of the particular 
piece he may be working on. 

By this time the student will be very well advanced and can de- 
vote himself almost entirely to designing and free-hand drawing 
and sketching. A knowledge of these subjects makes designing 
easy, as a facile pencil facilitates ideas and will prove of immense 
value to a draftsman in more ways than one. 




The Course in Architecture. 

This course is complete in that it comprises all the subjects, both 
practical and artistic, necessary to make a thoroughly equipped 
architect. 

A preliminary training, such as one would get in the average 
high school, is essential, and is provided for in the course. 

A knowledge of the elementary studies, such as Arithmetic, 
Geometry, Trigonometry, and the simpler forms of Algebraical 
formulas. Physics, History, etc. , is given as a ground-work upon 
which to build a thorough knowledge of the profession. Begin- 
ning with mechanical drawing and the theory of projection, shades 
and shadows, the student is introduced to architecture proper by a 
sludy of the five orders of Classical Architecture. 

Each order will be carefully drawn and the various proportions 
studied. 

Order of Subjects. 

Architectural History will be begun and will be continued 
through the course. Free-hand drawing will go hand in hand 
with the more precise mechanical drawing. Stereotomy, or the 
developing and drawing of the various odd-shaped stones which 
form the arch and vault, will follow shades and shadows, and will 
be followed by graphical statics, or the graphical method of dis- 
covering the stresses and strains in beams, trusses, girders and the 
like. The principles and the simpler forms of architectural de- 
sign will then be taken up. 

The course in Geometrical Drawing will be concluded by per- 
spective, a knowledge of which will enable the draftsman to make 
a picture of the building or object he may have designed. 

Materials and the principles of the different kinds of construc- 
tion as practised to-day will precede the subject of specifications 
and working drawings ; then follow the subjects of building stones, 



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strength of materials, ijlunibing and drainage, licating and ventil- 
ation, and estimating, in the order named. 

The subject of Architectural Design will include the planning of 
the simplest structure as well as the most complicated, and will 
fully explain the problems to be met with in practice and their 
legitimate solution along artistic lines. To finish the course of 
Architectural Design, the student will be i-equired to select a sub- 
ject for a final design, or thesis, which will be of a monumental 
character, such as a museum of tine arts, a public library, or other 
building of similar nature, and he will be shown how to study and 
finish the drawings in a manner to satisfy the requirements of any 
public competition. 

Competitions provide a sure means of acquiring a reputation of 
the best sort, and when a young man wins one his professional 
career is most favorably begun. 

The Course iu Architecture is intended as a review for 
those who are more or less familiar with the subject and for those 
who may have the necessary preliminary training. 

Students, mechanics, builders, clerks, etc., can, by taking this 
course, obtain sufficient knowledge of architecture, both practical 
and artistic, to enable them to fill responsible positions. It will 
give them such a foundation that they can easily solve the more 
dilficult problems which will constantly occur. This course will 
prove of great advantage to those who are interested iu archi- 
ture but who may be unable to pursue the study of it in the ordinary 
way. 

Course in Architectural Drawing and Designing. 

This course is, as its name implies, a partial course. Some of 
the less important subjects are omitted, giving only the essential 
ground-work. The bright student will be able to continue bis 



studies unassisted after having taken this coui.-e 
value to draftsmen generally. 



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The Course in Architectural Drawing. 

Mechanics and artisans too often are unable to thoroughly under- 
stand and read drawings. When they wish to express their ideas 
on paper they are generally unable to do so, owing to their lack of 
knowledge. By taking this course they will be able to compre 
hend drawings at a glance, saving time and trouble and possible 
loss to their employers. A man who has this knowledge of draw- 
ing is of especial value to his employer and can command higher 
wages in jiroportion to his greater worth. 

Course in Arcliitecture. 

Mathematics— Arithmetic, Algebra.Geometry, Trigonometry. 

Mechanics and Physics. 

Mechanical Drawing. 

Elementary Architectural Drawing. 

Shades and Shadows. 

Free-hand Drawing. 

Stereotomy. 

Architectural Design and Plai.ning. 

Working Drawings. 

Graphical Statics. 

Perspective. 

Heating and Ventilation. 

Architectural History. 

Materials and Construction. 

Strength of Materials. 

Building Stones, 



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Specifications. 
Plumbing and Drainage. 
Business relations. 
Contracts. 
Estimating. 

Course in Arcliitectiiral Drawing- and Designing. 
Mathematics— Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry. 
Mechanics and Physics. 
Mechanical Drawing. 
Elementary Architectural Drawing. 
Shades and Shadows. 
Free-hand Drawing. 
Stereotomy. 

Architectural Design and Planning. 
Worting Drawings. 
Perspective. 
Architectural History. 

Course in Architectural Drawing. 

Mathematics— Arithemetic, Algebra, Geometry. 

Mechanical Drawing. 

Elementary Architectural Drawing. 

Terms for the Course in Architecture.— $60 in advance ; or 
$55 in $5 installments, as follows : S5 with application and 
ten additional monthly payments of $5 each ; or $60 in §2 in- 
stallments, as follows : $2 with application and twenty-nine 
additional monthly payments of $2 each. 

Terms for the Course in Architectural Drawing and Designing.— 



$S5 in advance ; or $-1:0 in $5 installments, as follows : 
15 with application and seven additional monthly payments of §5 
each ; or S44 in $2 installments, as follows : $2 with application and 
twenty-one additional monthly payments of $2 each. 

Terms for the Course in Architectural Drawing. — $25 in ad- 
vance ; or $30 in $5 installment.?, as follows : §5 with ap- 
plication and five additional monthly payments of 85 each ; or §34 
in |2 installments, as follows : $2 with application and sixteen 
additional monthly payments of $2 each. 

Certificates of proficiency are awarded to students satisfactorily 
completing any of these courses. 

For information as to degrees see page 10. 

Any fui-ther information desired will be cheerfully furnished. 



WIio is Master ?— Man or Machine ? 

Every day new machines take up the work which was before 
done by hand. The mm displaced, too often merely laments his 
fate, accepts the situation and settles down, content merely to feed 
the machine. But if he undertakes to study it, he sets the machine 
in his head to going. If he keeps that machine — his brain — at 
work he will find that his brain will help him conquer the man- 
made machine, make him independent of it, and open the way for 
him to do more than merely nurse some machine. With the most 
wonderful power at his command, man too often neglects the ad- 
vantage it gives. But he must learn how to use it. 

The food of the brain is study ; a little of such nourishment 
creates a craving for more, and pr0t)erly directed study produces 
wonderful results. The man is then able to use his brain, and the 
machine is no longer his master. 



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Courses in Mechanical and Topographic Drawing. 




jfy 



fNSTRUCTION in Mechanic-al or Topographic 
' Drawing forms a verj' important part of eacli 

j 71 of the different courses of the Department 

of Engineering. The work done in connection 
with these courses affords the student valuable 
training in the general principles and the 
fundamental practice of mechanical drawing, 
with special instruction in the particular 
branch of drawing suitable to the needs of 
the particular course. The instruction is 
the same for all courses, up to the point wliere a substantial 
foundation has been laid for further progress in the drawing of 
machinery for the Mechanical EngineeringCour.--e, structures of all 
kinds for the course in Structural Engineering, Architfctural 
Designs, Topography, etc., depending on the line of work the 
stu<lent is pursuing. 

For the benefit of these who prefer to omit, or to postpone to 
some more convenient period, a study of the technics and theory 
of Engineering; and also for those who propose to devote their 
entire attention to drawing, we have prepared two courses in draw- 
ing, separate from the Engineering Courses. These are : first, the 
Complete Mechanical and Topographic Drawing Course for those 
who desire to become thoroughly capable in all the varieties of 
technical drawing ; second, the Course in Mechanical Drawing for 
those who wish a thorough training in technical drawing, but de- 
sire instruction in those particular branches only that are more com- 
monly employed. 



[n the following description of the line of instruction pursued 
in the course of Complete Mechanical and Topographic Drawing, 
the preliminary work is that given in all courses of which drawing 
forms a part. Tnen in our other courses we give the student work 
in the kind of drawing particularly applicable to that course, while 
our complete drawing course includes some work from all the tech- 
nical courses. 

As a preliminary we will state that any one may become a 
good draftsmau ; to some it may come more easily than to 
others ; but with patience and care any one may acquire that most 
valuable art. 

Course in Complete Meclianit-al and Topog'faphic 
Drawing'. 

The subjects of mathemetics and the elementary mechanics are 
first taken up, as they are the foundation of all technical drawing. 

This is followed by a discussion of drawing instruments and 
materials, their selection and use, together with hints of great 
value to the student in actual practice. 

We take great pains to start him right, so that he may not acquire 
faulty habits, which in time become very difficult to correct, and 
which may interfere with his development as a draftsman or injure 
his eyes. Illustrations are freely used to make clear the proper 
handling of the draftsman's tools and material. The work in actual 
drawing begins with the lines and curves, followed by easy con- 
structions with the necessary geometrical and mechanical problems. 



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After this the student will take up the construciion of sections and 
projections. Then will come line shading of curved surfaces and 
section lining, followed by instruction and practice in the use of 
water-colors, with instruction and practice in such free-hand draw- 
ing as is found necessary in Mechanical and Topographic Drawing. 
Instruction in tracing and blue prints will conclude what may be 
considered the prelindnary drawing work of all the courses. 

After this will be taken up 
more complex work of machine 
drawing, truss and bridge work, 
or structural drawing in general, 
architectural drawing, map mak- 
ing, and topographic drawing. 

Upon the completion of this 
course the student will be fully 
equipped as a professional drafts- 
man, ready to take up work of 
any character. 

In going through this course 
the student will work from care- 
fully finished plates, or from rough 
sketches with measurements, as 
the needs of the different parts 
of the course may require. 
Throughout all the work close 
attention is paid to the subject 
of lettering, and the student is 
carefully trained in this most 
important detail. 

The course will include thorough training in the preparation of 
drawings for the United States Patent Office. The rules of 
the Office are very strict ; and 50,000 applications for patent are 




tiled annually, accompanied by an average of two sheets of drawing 
each ; a considerable number of these drawings are rejected each 
year, and must be re-drawn. These drawings come from all parts 
of the United States, and a large field of work is open in each of 
our principal cities to those who are expert in the preparation of 
drawings for the Patent Office. Our instructor has had extensive 
experience in this line, and the instruction in it will be thorough. 
The Course in Meclianical DraAving' differs from that above 
described only in extent, the training is just as careful and thorough 
and the instruction is just as complete ; but there are not so many 
special classes of work taken up. An examination of the following 
synopses of the courses will show fully the difference between 
them : 

Course in Complete Meclianical and Topographic 
DraAving. 

Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonom- 
etry. 
Elementary Mechanics. 

Drawing Instruments and Materials and their use. 
Practical Hints. 
Simple Lines and Curves. 
Simple Constructions and Problems. 
Sections and Projections. 
Section Lining. 
Lettering. 
Coloring. 

Free-hand Drawing. 
Tracing and Blue Prints. 
Machine Drawing. 
Structural Drawing. 
Architectural Drawing. 
Patent Office Drawings. 
Platting Surveys. 
Map Drawing. 
Topographic Drawing. 



Department of Engineering. 



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Course in Mechanical Drawing. 

Mathematics— Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry. 
Elementary Mechanics. 

Drawing Instruments anil Jlaterials and their use. 
Practical Hints. 
Simple Lines and Curves. 
Simple Constructions and rroblerns. 
Sections and Projections. 
Section Lining. 
Lettering. 
Coloring. 

Free-hand Drawing. 
Tracing and Blue prints. 

Examples of several classes of more complex mechanical 
drawing.s. 

Terms for the Complete Mechanical and Topographic Course. — 
.$.'50 in advance; or $35 in $5 installments, as follows: 
!?.5 with apjilication and si.x additional monthly payments of $5 
each ; or !JI39 in §2 installments, as follows : §2 with application, 
eighteen additional monthly payments of §2 each and a final pay- 
ment of i^l. 

Terms for the Course in Mechanical Drawing. — $25 in ad- 
vance ; or ,$30 in $.5 installnionts, as follows : $5 with ap- 
plication and five additional monthly payments of 85 each; or $34 
in S2 installments, as follows : i?2 with application and sixteen 
additional monthly payments of §2 each. 

Certificates of proficiency are awarded to students who satisfac- 
torily complete the courses. 

For information as to degrees, see page 10. 

Any further information desired will be cheerfully furnished. 



A Mystery Unveiled. 

To the man who does not understand Mechanical Drawing, it 
seems a mysterious art, beyond the power of the average man to 
understand. Yet what is it all ? Nothing but straight lines and 
curves and nearly all made by machine, ihe handling of most 
machinery looks complicated to those ignorant of the principles 
of its working; but yet the average man with practice and teach- 
ing can master it. So with drawing-ordinary shop drawing can 
be learnt by any one who makes a fair trial at it. And while it is not 
possible for everyone to become a draftsman of the highest grade, 
excellence in this line is within reach of a far greater number of 
people than most persons would suppose. You may be sure that 
if you try you can become a draftsman, possibly even a 
very good draftsman. In our experience we have seen remarkably 
fine work devel )ped from very poor beginnings. 



Our Students are Satisfied. 

I am more than pleased— Ralph H. Peirce, 5025 Lake Ave., Chicago, 111. 

I hope you may enjoy a prosperous business and continue in the good work.— 
M.iBEi. B. Craetree, Natick, Middiese.x Co., Mass. 

I am pleased and satisfied, and shall ever recommend your methods.— C. A. 
KiNfi, 103 Arlington St., Chelsea, SufTolk Co., Mass. 

* * * Will close by saying that I wilJ always have a good word to say for 
the National Correspondence Institute, and that I am greatly pleased with my 
investment.— Thos. A. Conlin, rear 26 Jefferson St., Worcester, Worcester Co., 
Mass. 

I wish to thank the National Correspondence Institute lor the manner in 
which I have been treated in the course of my studies.— Tho.mas Stead, ]91J^ 
Classon Ave., Broolclyn, N. Y. 

I owe a deal to the National Correspondence Institute for what I have received, 
for it is of great advantage to me in the business I am in at present. If any one 
desires any information of your Institute, I am at liberty any time to give them 
what it truly deserves.— James S Howe, 321 E. 29th St., New York City. 

If there is one point that yon can use in aiding others I shall feel that my 
time has not been thrown away, or if you ever have applicants irom New York 
wanting reference, you may refer them to me, and I will tell them in no uncer- 
tain way how much you did for me.— W5i. B. Tbeadwei.l, 5th St., WilUamsbridge, 
New York City. 



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Courses in Higher Mathematics and Advanced Mechanics. 



Terms for eacli.— $50 in iirtvance; or $55 in $5 in- 
stallments, as follows : §5 with application and ten additional 
monthly payments of !S5 each ; or SCO in §2 installments, as fol- 
lows: f2 with application and twenty-nine additional monthly 
payments of |2 each. 

ITH these courses the more complicated and diffi- 
cult questions of the subjects of Mathematics 
and Mechanics are taken up. These courses 
may be taken separately by those who are 
acquainted with subjects properly preliminary to 
them. One or both of these courses form a 
necessary part of the instruction of candidates 
for degrees. The holder of a degree from the 
National Correspondence Institute will 
be equipped with all the theoretical knowledge 
that is required for (he same degree in any 
college in the country. See pages 10, 13 and 43. 

The instruction of the regular courses prepares the student to 
understand these more abstruse matters ; he will find himself 
fully able to conquer them ; and so crown his efforts toward the 
acquisition of a profession by qualifying himself for the solution 
of the problems which call for the services of engineers of the 
highest standing. 




In submitting this description of the courses of our Engineering 
Department for your considei'ation, we wish to state that it has 
been carefully prepared, having constantly in view the omission of 
everything that might confuse tlie 
average reader in examining the in- 
struction we offer with the intention 
of understanding how it will benefit 
him. But we realize that there may 
be points, differing in each case, upon 
which further information may be de- 
sired. 

Therefore, we ask you to advise 
us if theie is anything in this book 
that needs further discussion on ac- 
count of the special circumstances 
of your own situation. We will be 
very glad to answer any questions you 
wish to ask, or to give you advice 
about the course most suitable to you, 
or to assist you to overcome any diffi- 
culties and doubts that may be in the way of your eflbrts to im- 
prove yourself. 

Address, 

NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE, 

ENGINEERINO DEPARXNIENT, 

Second National Banl-c Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. 




Department of Engineering. 



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A reproduction, greatly re- 
duced, of the heading of our 
Diploma issued to those who 
complete one of the courses for 
the degrees of C. E., Mech. E., 
E. E., or Ph. B. ; see pages 10, 
13 and 42. 



».V1\ 





wUl8 <23Cttl> attached to our Diploma awarded to those who take Degrees, and 
to our Certificates of Profioiency awarded to those who complete single Courses, shows that 
we endorse the holder as having been thoroughly instructed. Our careful teachiug of all 
student." has established our reputation ; and by constant effort to maintain and elevate our 
already high standard, we will ever maintain the high guarantee which our seal carries to all 
who may contemplate the employment of any of those whom we have instructed. 



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Enpflish Course for Eno-meerino^ Students. 




OURSES in English have been arranged for our 
different Departments in accordance with the 
regular practice of the Na-tional Correspondence 
Institute (that of giving exactly what the stu- 
dents need and only that) ; and our Engineer- 
ing students will find this course well adapted 
to their needs if they require training in the 
English Branches. 

The engineer is frequently called upon to submit I'eports con- 
cerning enterprises which may be under consideration. Not only 
mu.st these reports be clear, exact and definite in their explana- 
tion of technical matters, but also the language used must be such 
that the meaning intended will be easily apparent. A poor pre- 
sentation will surely affect the employer's opinion of such a report, 
no matter how great its professional merit. Consequently, it will 
sometimes happen that an opportunity for employment in an im- 
portant work will "I)e lost because of the unfavorable impression 
made by the engineer's report. 

In all other matters which it may be necessary to put in writing, 
an ability to use good English is just as essential. The engineer is 
expected to be a man of education, and most persons, unable to 
judge of the technical part of his education, will judge him by his 
knowledge of the common English branches. 

No student (who stands in much need of instruction in English) 
can complete a course in our Department of Engineering without 
more or less improvement of his English, but, of course, only a 
passing attention can be paid to language in a scientifio study, and 
those who^are deficient in the English branches should take ad- 



vantage of the opportunity offered by the Institute to perfect 
themselves in this respect. The work of English may be carried 
on without interference with the engineering studies ; and the 
student will find it a pleasant change to turn from one to the other 

The English course for engineering students consists of orthogra- 
phy, punctuation, capitalization, grammar (especially construction 
of sentences) and elements of rhetoric. In orthography, the 
students will be drilled in the spelling of some twenty-five hundred 
or more words of common usage, in which will be included most 
of the technical words which the engineer will need in his profes- 
sion. The drill in punctuation will be in the correct use of the 
various punctuation marks : period, comma, semicolon, colon> 
dash, etc. In capitalization, the correct use of capitals will be ex- 
plained and practice in their use will be given. The instruction in 
grammar will not go deeply into theoretical grammar, but will aim 
to familiarize the students with the use of correct English so that 
they will think grammatically and, therefore, will express them- 
selves in irreproachable language unconsciously and without 
labored effort to that end. It will be the aim in rhetoric to 
instruct our students in those mattei-s which pertain to the appear- 
ance of the written page and to the form in which to cast one's 
ideas: the paragraphing, the best method of presenting thought, 
the essentials of a description, etc. 

Arithmetic is not a part of the English Course for Engineering 
Students, because that subject is very thoroughly gone over in the 
Engineering courses. 

"The terms for this course are $8 cash in advance; or §10 in 
monthly installments of v^o each; or §12 in installments of S2 each. 

There will be no text-books to buy, as we supply all reading 
matter needed in the course. 



13^13 o^r-tix^oitit of Soie^iaoOi 

In Charge of JOHN SCOTT JOHNSON, B. S., A. M., Ph. D. 




CIENCE 



TAUGHT 



IWAIL. 



Are you included in one of these three 
classes ? 

1. Those who, on account of youth or of 
being needed at home, are unable to leave 
home or business to attend collei;e. 

Those who have been compelled, for 
L any reason whatsoever, to give up a college 
(course after they have begun it. 

. Those older ones who wish to supply 
Tthe omissions of their earlier education. 

If you are one of those, this page is in- 
tended for you. We ^re not offering to give 
students all of the advantages of a coui'se in 
college ; we rather advise all who can do so, to enter some good 
university and to complete their courses there. But to those who, 
for some reason, are not able to attend a university during the four 
years necessary for a degree, we offer a snlistitute which has much 
to commend it. This is a tliorou.i;h (■<lii<-atioii by corre- 
spoiideiice, with a degree at its close to attest it. 

The chief a.lvantages of a course by correspondence may be 
summed up as follows : 

Money is Saved. — Expenses of travel and of board away 
from home are cut off, and the expense of tuition is reduced. 

Time is Saved.— The student does not have to attend lectures 
at certain specified hours, with the consequent loss of time owing 
to preparations to leave his boarding house, the tramp to the college, 
the tramp back (or expense of carfare), the resuming of his house 
coat and slippers for work again and the taking up again of the 
train of thought which was interrupted a couple of hours before. 



Biisiue.ss is Saved.— The studeot may study at home, mak- 
ing his study hours suit his convenience, which enables him to 
maintain his bu-in<=ss while he pursues his studies. 

Tlie Student Gains a more personal, individual attention 
than is possible to instruction in classes. 

The Student Progresses more rai>id'y, because he is not 
held bat k l:)y the one or two dull or lazy or negligent pupils, who 
are nearly always present in every class. 

Special Courses are given in Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, 
Geodesy, (ii'iiliitiv, Meteorology, Mineralogy, Physics and Zoology. 

Graduation Courses leading to the degree of Bach^^lor of 
ScieiK-e (B. S.) consist of elective studies from the above with 
certain required studies in English, Modern Languages (French and 
German), History, Mathematics, Drawing and Philospliy. Those 
who enter for a degree must pass satisfactory examinations at the 
completion of every subject, and must, at the close of tlie course, 
pass a satisfactory examination on all of the subjects of the course. 

Our method is different from those built upon the University 
Extension, Cosmopolitan or Chautauqua plans. Our assistance is 
not limited to outlii e, suggestion, and "keeping tab" on the 
student, but it includes, also, active, personal instruction wherever 
the studeat needs it. It differs from the regular college work in 
that ours is written, while the class recitation is oral. 

Our Faculty is a collection of bright, brainy, college men, who 
know what students need and how to supply those needs. \Ve in- 
vite cori-espondence froui all who have a desire for academic 
honors or who wish to pnisue .some special line of study. 

Address — 

National Correspondence Institute, 

Second National Bank Building, 

Washington, D. C. 
Dei»artinent of Science. 




DEPART/VIENT OF JOURNALISM. 

In Charge of MR. HENRY LITCHFIELD WEST, Formerly Managing Editor Washington Post. 

Courses of Instruction. 



OURNALISM 



students 
Assisted to 
Positions. 



Among all modern professions Journalism 
is the most powerful, the most fascinating, the 
most remunerative. The steadily-increasing 
demand for well equipped writers has led the 
National Correspondence Institute to 
provide a new and attractive plan for preparing 
students in journalistic woik, the most beneficial 
returns being assured for the least expenditure 
of time and money. 

All the great authors of to-day first entered 
the journalistic field. The path which they 
have trod to fame and financial success is 
open to thousands of men and women who need 
only to have their latent talents developed and 
directed. The Schools of Journalism in the large cities, which 
compel the actual attendance of the pupil, do not meet the require- 
ments of the situation. They are unsatisfactory and expensive. 
In teacliing Journalism by Mail we have solved the problem 
of imparting complete knowledge of the journalistic art to each 
individual student. Your Spare Moments are the rounds 
of the ladder upon which you can mount to success. The plan is 
endorsed by practical journalists. 

Mr. West, who has personal charge of the Department of 
Journalism of the National Correspondence Institute, is one of the 
most accomplished, successful and versatile journalists at the Na- 
tional Capital. Mr. West has had long experience in training 
journalisfs, and many of the most noted members of the profession 
have graduated from under his instruction. He is commended by 
the most distinguished of the brilliant corps of Washington corre- 
spondents and has himself achieved a high reputation as a maga- 
zine writer. He is admirably capable of imparting the results of 
his long experience and knowledge to the students of the National 
Correspondence Institute. He will be assisted in his work by a 
corps of specially -selected assistants. 



The courses are divided as follows : 

Practical Course.— Acquaints the student with every detail 
of Journalistic Work ; this includes Rhetoric and Style; How to 
begin work as a Reporter or Correspondent ; Methods of Journalis- 
tic Work ; The Art of Interviewing ; Editorial Writing, etc. 

Complete Course.— Embraces all of the Practical Course and 
in addition Book Reviewing ; Dramatic Criticism ; Essay Writing ; 
Short Story Writing; City and Managing Editors' Work, etc. 

Select Course.— Embraces subjects selected from the Practical 
and Complete Courses and designed for Teachers, Lawyers, Doctors — 
in fact, all professional and business men and women who desire 
instruction in composition and literary work as an accomplishment 
and who do not wish to follow journalism as a profession. 

Special Course. — For those who have endeavored to secure 
acceptance of literary work, but have failed to gain a foothold in 
the ranks of successful authors. Publishers have neither the time 
nor inclination to criticise the manuscripts which they find 
unavailable. Our Department of Rejected Manuscripts in this 
course, supplies this need, making story writing a lucrative employ- 
ment. 

The system which we have adopted is thorough, practical and 
successful. It teaches Journalism by methods which are easy 
to understand and certain in their results. There is no time-limit 
to the courses, but each pupil is given ample opportunity to become 
proficient without interfering with the regular work in which he 
orslie may be otherwise engaged. 

The Diploma which will be finally awarded will be of value 
in securing employment. Students with adaptability and talent 
can easily make their expenses by journalistic work while engaged 
in acquiring a complete knowledge of all the details of the profession. 

Our Plans provide practical assistance in securing employment. 

Tuition, $20 and upward ; cash or installments. 

Write for our announcement of the Department of Journal- 
ism. National Correspondence Institute, Second Na- 
tional Bank Building-, Washington, D. C. 

Sent free on request. 



DEPARTMENT OF BOOKKEEPING AND BUSINESS. 

In Charge of GEO. W. SCHWARTZ, 

iitliur of ** Office Itntitiiie aiul ISfkokkeepiiig," bookkee|)er, ex|»< 

accountaitt and teacher of Avitle axpericnce. 




OOKK£EP1N( [ 



students I 
Assisted to j 
Positions. 



Our Deirai'tmeHt of Bookkeep- 
inji' and Business is thorough, prac- 
tical, nii-tii-date, and oondm-ted in the 
most satisfartiiry manner. Tlio system 
>>i' l>(i(>kk«-<-i>iiiu' wliicii no us<' is 
taiifjlit by tli»> Author and is espe- 
eijtlTy adapted for instruction by 
^^ mail. 
TlMF HB ^^ devoting your spare time, odd 
llmC SM hours, long evenings, rainy days, etc., to 
it, a few months will be sufficient to give 
you a good, practical drill in our business 
course, including Bookkeeping' by 
single and double entry. Business 
Praetiee, Business Arithmetic, 
Commercial Law, Letter-w'ritiiisr, Penmanship, etc., 
and prepare you for the business establishment or the counting- 
house. Graduation course will require proportionately longer time. 
Degrees. — Graduates of this Department receive the degrees 
of B. Acct and M. Acct. This Institute is incorporated by law, 
with power to confer degrees the same as the leading Colleges and 
Universities of the country, and in this has a decided advantage 
over the ordinary Business College. 

Not a " Feeder." — The instruction in this Department is com- 
plete in itself and exdusivdy by correspondence. A student in Cali- 
furnia is instructed in the same manner as one in Baltimore or 
this city. This Department is not a side issue and a " feeder " for 
a business college run in connection, with the object of securing 
students ostensibly for correspondence instruction, and then draw- 
ing them to the College to '' finish the course" at extra expen.se, 
nor is it run for the purpose of selling text-books. 

Tuition, .$15 and upward, ca.sh or installments. Full 
particulars free. Address — 

National Correspondence Institute, 
Second National Bank Building, 
Washington, D. C. 
Department of Bookkeeping and Business. 



DEPARTMENT OF SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING. 

In Charge of HARRY COOPE, M. Acct. 
Taugjlit SteBOffraphy personally I».v Benu Pitman. 



and Typewriting are almost as essential to 
a complete education as reading and writ- 
ing. It is an art of the utmost value and use- 
fulness to the business man, the reporter — 
to every one With our methods a course 
of i!isiiru<-tioii by mail will make you 
a stem .i..rai. her, without interference with 
vour preseixt occupation. Thf Pitman 
systems taught by «'xpcrts. No 
fjperimeiits nilJi untried or ^rnrlhleax systemn. 
We teach the systems used Ijy the best 
colleges and the best stenographer.?. Indi- 
vidual instruction of the most careful char- 
acter. Success assured. Write for illustrated 



and upward; cash or installments. 




book of particulars 
Tuition, $15 





In charge of our instruction in Typewriting is 
George G. Thomi'Sox, an expert stenographer 
and typewritist, ?nd exiierienced teacher of the 
Isaac Pitman s>strm of Stenography. 

Our work in tyjiewriting "comes as a revela- 
tion " even to practical operators. Announcement 
sent on request. Address — 
National Correspondence Institute, 
Second National Bank Building, 
Washington, D. C. 
Department of 
Shorthand and Typewriting. 



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Arcllitcrl\n( ::>5 

ArchiterUii-:il hriiwiii- 37 

Architfctiii;il Lir;i\\ ing- and Designing 37 

Bacheloiof Pliilosopliy, Degree of 10 

Bank References 1 

Bookkeeping Course 47 

Bridge Construction 19, 20 

Business Course 47 

Canals 



City Engineering 

Civil Engineer, Degree of 

Compliments from Students 

Course in Bookkeeping 

Business 

English 

Journalism 

Science 

Shorthand 

Typewriting 

Courses— Department of Engineering 

Degrees 

Departments 

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Bridge 

Mechanical 

Steam Engine 

Diploma 

Drawing— Architectural 

Mechanical 

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l^iuuUiucuL. (/ii.UiiiLLiliuns for. 
Faculty— Department of Engi: 

National Correspondence rnstitute,. 

Gas Fitting 

Geodesy 

Harbors 

Higher Mathematics 

Higher Surveying 

Hydraulic Engineering 



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Instruction, Methods of 6 

Instructors 2,5,9 

Irrigation 22 

Journalism, Course in 46 

Locomotive Engines 33 

Mapping 11 

Marine Engines 33 

liigiier 42 

Mawing: .- 39 

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